Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiForHumanRights in Fulfulde Wikipedia (ID: 22984173)
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Applicant Details
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Majalam
- Organization
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- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
N/A
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
WikiForHumanRights in Fulfulde Wikipedia
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-05-01 - 2025-06-15
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
WikiForHumanRights
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
This project attempts to increase awareness and understanding of human rights issues related to the environment including; protection of the environment and reduction of pollution among the Fulfulde-speaking community. We believe speakers of this language who are mostly herders and farmers living in rural settlements lack the basic knowledge and awareness about environmental human rights. We aim to address this challenges and many others like limited access to information about human rights and environmental issues in the Fulfulde language, as well as a lack of representation of these topics on the Fulfulde Wikipedia through the following approach:
- Build knowledge about human rights and the environment in Fulfulde language.
- Build the knowledge of local participants on how to contribute human rights and environment content to Wikimedia projects.
- Build the participants' knowledge and that of the public about local plant and animal species on Wikidata in Fulfulde language.
By empowering editors with the necessary skills and knowledge, we aim to foster the creation of high-quality content in Fulfulde language related to human rights and the environment, thus promoting greater awareness and understanding within the Fulfulde-speaking community.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
- We have made available a list of articles to guide the participants to translate them into Fulfulde language on Fulfulde Wikipedia. This list will help in building the knowledge of local participants on how to contribute human rights and environment contents to Wikimedia projects.
- We are going to organize local physical and online training sessions for participants to learn how to contribute Human rights and environment topics on Fulfulde Wikipedia and Wikidata. Participants would also be supported to benefit from the different capacity building sessions organized by the campaign for the African region and globally.
- We are also going to organize a writing contest to engage new and old contributors to translate human rights and environment content on English Wikipedia to Fulfulde language, as well as add the Fulfulde names for Nigerian plant and animal species on Wikidata. This also enrich the Fulfulde language on Wikidata.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
- Majalam is the project lead. She is Wikimedia volunteer, editor and trainer with a passion for knowledge sharing and community engagement. She has actively participated in various Wikimedia events that cut-across Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and Incubator, etc. She has attended several online and in-person Wiki events organized in various part of Nigeria, especially the north. She is the winner of the #VisibleWikiWomen 2024 contest, local winner (2nd place) in Wiki Loves Earth 2023 Photography contest. Her background in Sociology and experience in dealing with a large crowd of people will help in conducting a safe and successful project.
- Hajjare is another female volunteer, an experienced Wikimedia editor, and organizer of variuos Wiki events. She has organized and facilitated several Wikipedia projects Awareness in Northern Nigeria with notable impact on young people and well-deserving awards. She is part of the facilitators to help in training the participants.
- Gwanki is an experienced editor at Hausa Wikipedia, with nearly a decade of experience in editing Wikimedia projects. He has organized previous Wiki For Human Rights campaigns for Hausa Community in 2021 and 2022. He also facilitated in the 2023 project. Gwanki is also second third place winner of Wiki for human rights International contest 2023 and Second Place winner of 2022 Wiki for human rights International wiring contest. He is also administrator at Hausa Wikipedia and Hausa Wiktionary. Gwanki will share his knowledge in organizing Wikimedia projects, facilitating training sessions both in-person and online, and participating in the jury process.
- Ibrahim442: Is a versed and experienced male editor and project lead of Wikimedia Awareness in Mai Idriss Alooma Polytechnic. He will bring his wealth of knowledge and experience in recruiting the participants.
- Sa'eedert: a dedicated Fulfulde Wikimedian with a background in Biological Science (Botany) passionately promotes women's participation in Wikimedia. Her role involves mentoring and inspiring female students to participate in the project, thereby enhancing diversity and inclusivity in the community.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
Target participants for this project are Fulfulde Wikipedia editors, Fulfulde speakers, activists, and those interested in contributing to the #WikiForHumanRights Campaign. I will engage them through social media platforms, primarily WhatsApp groups before and during the campaigns. After the activities, I will continue to follow up with participants through the WhatsApp group, providing feedback on their contributions, celebrating achievements, and soliciting input for future initiatives. Additionally, I will encourage ongoing collaboration and knowledge sharing within the group to sustain momentum and foster a sense of community among Fulfulde Wikipedia editors dedicated to human rights advocacy.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
N/A
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
I discussed with the experienced editors involved soliciting their support for the project, and also inform the Fulfulde editors in the community group
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Climate Change and sustainability
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Linguistic / Language
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
- How does your project help in the growth of Fulfulde Wikipedia?
- To what extent did your project enhances the quality and quantity of human rights and environmental articles on Fulfulde Wikipedia?
- How does the projects help in equipping and/or polishing the participants skills?
- In what way does your project encourage broader engagement and participation in content creation and editing?
- How did the project raise awareness about environmental rights within the community?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | We aims to train 50 participants |
| Number of editors | 30 | This is the number of people to take part in the contest |
| Number of organizers | 4 | Number of well experienced people as organizers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 300 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 20 |
| Wikidata | 500 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
At least 500 Wikipedia articles will be created and improved during contest
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
We will use the Wikimedia Dashboard tool and Hashtag tool to track all the participants contributions
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
1692000 NGN
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
1105.92 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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