Grants:Project/Rapid/Hadassahlove/Write for Rights Nigeria Follow-up

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Hadassahlove/Write for Rights Nigeria Followup
After the success of the Write for Rights Nigeria contest which attracted several queer and non-queer participants and produced over 60 Wikipedia articles while lot of queer participants couldn't contribute due to limited knowledge about contributing to Wikipedia and hence requested to be trained. This project is designed to then train and recruit queer persons in Nigeria into contributing to Wikipedia.
targetEnglish Wikipedia, Yoruba Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons
start date2nd of November
end date25th of November 15 January
budget (local currency)811,800 NGN
budget (USD)1,980 USD
grant typeIndividual
granteeHadassahlove
contact(s)• hadassahlove31(_AT_)gmail.com


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Project Goal

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Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

  1. Recruit new editors
  2. Increase skills for existing editors
  3. Add or improve content
  4. Add images to commons
  5. Improve LGBT topics
  6. Sustain relationship with LGBT partnered Organizations.

Project Plan

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Activities

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Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

We are planning a major editathons in Lagos which will involve participants from around Nigeria and will focus on recruiting editors, improving skills of existing editors, creating and improving articles about LGBT+ in Nigeria.

2. How will you let your community know about the event? Please paste links below to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions.

I have posted notification in the discussion page of Wikimedia user group Nigeria to notify the community about this project.

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?

This will be done through email notifications, invitations and phone through curated lists and also through partnered LGBT organization.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event?

Yes,
  • User: Hadassahlove, Project lead
  • User: Kaizenify, Experienced Wikipedia trainer and advisor

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Participants have the necessary computer devices for the project as that's part of the requirements and I will be providing unlimited fast-speed internet that will be used for all the editathons.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

We will also set up a Telegram group for all participants to talk and share ideas with experienced wikipedians in the group for guidance. Also we will send a post event questionnaire to get their needs.

7. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pLmq0LHSSJfDFD9NFXlEOGBOZXnogZsq/view?usp=sharing

8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

This will further seal the already thriving success recorded with LGBT+ activities in Nigeria.

Impact

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How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

  1. Number of events: 1
  2. Number of participants: 30
  3. Number of new editors: 80%
  4. Number of of articles created or improved: 200
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events): since our project travels, each event is unique with new users.

Resources

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What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

  • Hadassahlove, Event Organizer
  • Bisi Alimi Foundation; Partnering organization which will be offering accommodation and transport fee scholarship to some of the participants residing outside Lagos.
  • Kaizenify; Experienced Wikipedia editor and facilitator.
  • Event hall to be provided by the partnering organization.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

Budget breakdown

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This is the budget breakdown for the Project

Sl.No Item Quantity Rate (NGN) Total (NGN) Rate (USD) Total (USD) Notes
Total Cost of campaign
(Sumtotal :NGN610,000 (USD 2,000)) 410
1 Foods and drinks 35 x 2days 5,150 360,500 12.56 879.26 This is the cost of food, drinks and tea break for participants, volunteer team and facilitators for the two days.
2 Internet 1 52100 52100 127.07 127.07 This is the cost of 156gb data value of internet.
3 Customized shirts 6 5000 30000 12.19 73.17 This is a high quality material and would be strictly for facilitators, the leader of each partnered organization and two best participants.
4 Local transport for facilitators 2 30000 60000 73.17 146.34 This would cover the cost or transportation of the campaign coordinator and facilitator within Lagos.
5 Branded Nose Mask and hand sanitizers 35 2460 86100 6 210 This would cover the cost of personal protective gadgets so to comply with Covid19 regulations.
6 Participants Pack (Biros, book, pamphlet) 30 1500 45000 3.65 109.75 This budget is design to take care of participant pack which include Biro, book and Wikipedia branded pamphlet.
7 Media coverage 1 55000 55000 134.15 134.15 This budget is design to take care of expenses around media coverage which include photography, video and online media.
9 Certificate of participation 30 2050 61500 5 150 This is for unforeseen expenses and any bank charges, phone calls, printings.
10 Communication and Graphics (digital Banners and flyers) - 41000 41000 100 100 This is for digital flyers and communciations.
11 Contingency 1 20500 20500 50 50 This is for unforeseen expenses and any bank charges, phone calls, printings.
Grand Total: Sumtotal :NGN 811,800 (USD 1,980)


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