Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Wikimedia MA Multi Annual Grant 2024-2026/Yearly Report (2025)
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Part 1: Understanding your work
[edit]Per the recent update on the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy process, Wikimedia Affiliates that are General Support Fund grantees will fulfill their affiliate reporting requirements through their final or yearly grantee report.
If you are a Wikimedia Affiliate, you will use this form for your affiliate reporting and to address the affiliate health criteria. You do not need to submit a separate report to AffCom. Follow the guidance in the green boxes to report on how you met the corresponding affiliate health criteria.
If you are not a Wikimedia Affiliate, aligning your responses with the affiliate criteria is optional and not required.
1. Please share to what extent your programs, approaches, and strategies contributed to addressing the challenges you shared in your proposal. If they did not contribute as you believed they would, please share what obstacles you faced and what, if anything, you learned from them? (required)
For affiliates, use this space (Question 1.) to address Affiliate Health Criterion 1.1 (Goal delivery). Describe how you actively delivered on mission goals, e.g. content creation.
Our proposal committed to four strategies: teacher training through Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom, technical automation, community engagement through contests, and documentation of underrepresented content. Year 2 allowed us to refine these approaches based on Year 1 experience.
Education Program
[edit]We ran two cohorts of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom. The 5th edition attracted approximately 1,000 registrations with 356 active participants and 112 graduates. The 6th edition registered 603 teachers with 208 active participants and 97 graduates. Combined: 1,603 registrations, 564 active participants, and 209 graduates.
WikiLearn proved effective as our central training platform. However, teacher commitments during the school year start affected participation in the 6th edition, and drag-and-drop exercises requiring computer access limited mobile-only participants. These challenges informed our Year 3 design: single continuous cohort with mobile-friendly exercises.
A deliberate objective was transitioning participants to active volunteering. This worked - new volunteers joined monthly meetings and attended WikiCamp 2025.
Technical Projects
[edit]WikiTechMa exceeded 3,000,000 Wikidata edits through systematic bot-driven workflows. We uploaded structured datasets for public schools, hospitals, and transportation infrastructure. The Mini-Hackathon in Fes engaged 9 participants producing 11 technical projects, 2,159+ new Wikidata items, and 2,846 technical edits.
We completed 10 of 30 planned technical tasks (33.3% completion rate). Our goals exceeded available capacity. Year 3 prioritizes completing unfinished tasks before adding new ones.
Documentation
[edit]The Documentation Project produced 2,025 files across 55 new Commons categories: Moroccan communes (45 categories, 827 files), historical manuscripts including the Awzal series (10 categories, 433 files), and major events coverage (765 files including FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, CAF Women's Futsal Africa Cup, sports events).
Contests and Community Engagement
[edit]We organized multiple content campaigns:
- Children's Literature: 28 participants, 103 net new articles, 12.3M bytes
- Introducing Books: 22 participants, 301 net new articles, 42.3M bytes, 36,688 references
- Palestine Books (with Wiki Palestine): 26 participants, 118 new articles
- Multilingual Morocco Contest: 42 participants across Arabic/Darija/Tamazight, 318 net new articles
- Darija Birthday: 10 participants, 45 new articles, 2.17M bytes
- Tamazight Birthday: 3 participants, 31 new + 88 enhanced articles
- Arab Women in STEM: 10 participants, 7 new articles + 7 enhanced, 1.16M bytes
- CEE Spring (Darija): 14 participants, 26 articles
Tamazight contests showed lower engagement, highlighting ongoing challenges in growing smaller language communities.
Community Development
[edit]15 community members gained advanced Wikipedia permissions (editor rights) in 2025. We engaged 22 organizers (8 women, 14 men), including 10 new organizers and 4 lead organizers.
Challenges and Learnings
[edit]Staff transitions mid-year disrupted technical project coordination - clear handover documentation is now mandatory. WikiCamp exceeded its budget (263% of allocation) due to expanded scope combining strategic planning, hackathon, and community celebration. While effective for outcomes, this requires better advance planning.
For AffCom Criterion 1.1 (Goal Delivery):
We delivered on mission goals through content creation across multiple Wikimedia projects. Community statistics for 2025: 3,334,449 total edits, 22,097 content pages created, 144 unique contributors. Wikipedia contributions: arwiki 2,955 pages, arywiki 237 pages, zghwiki 518 pages. Commons: 3,591 files. Wikidata: 10,707 items created plus 3.31M edits. The education program certified 209 teachers who collectively produced 2,818 articles and 39,645 edits.
2. Is there a plan to build on the key successes you had? If yes, please describe the plan and if no, please share the limitations to do so. For instance, did the activities lead to any new priorities, ideas for activities, or goals for the future? (required)
Yes, we have concrete plans.
Education Program
[edit]The teacher-to-volunteer pipeline becomes a formal Year 3 component. We observed that teachers attending the Mohammedia closing ceremony and WikiCamp showed sustained engagement. Year 3 implements a single continuous cohort (February-December) rather than two separate sessions, reducing administrative overhead. We will develop a Wikipedia Ambassador track where certified teachers introduce Wikipedia literacy in their schools.
Technical Infrastructure
[edit]Year 3 prioritizes completing the 20 unfinished technical tasks before adding new ones. Priorities include finalizing Darija and Tamazight Wikipedia templates, completing the Moroccan Darija text-to-speech model, and establishing sustainable bot maintenance workflows.
Legal Status
[edit]A major Year 3 milestone is registering as an independent association by December 2026. We have drafted comprehensive bylaws and are consulting legal experts. This enables direct funding relationships and reduces administrative intermediation.
Board Expansion
[edit]We plan to expand from the current 4 board members to at least 6, recruiting from underrepresented regions while improving gender balance.
Key Learning
[edit]Invest in participant-to-contributor-to-organizer progression pathways. Our most committed volunteers came through intentional transitions: teacher training led to editing workshops, then WikiCamp invitation, then organizing roles.
3. Please provide a link to reports that detail the activities that took place in the last year. This can include an annual report, Meta pages, and websites. If there are no links available, briefly describe the implemented activities and programs below or upload any files. (required)
For affiliates, use this space (Question 3.) to address Affiliate Health Criteria 2.1 (Affiliate health & resilience), 4.1 (Internal engagement), 4.2 (Community connection), and 4.3 (Partnerships and collaboration):
- Describe your activities engaging new users, new members for your decision-making body(ies), and developing leaders and organizers (2.1).
- Describe your activities creating or hosting spaces to encourage greater collaboration and engagement among your members (4.1).
- Describe how you engage with the contributing community that you serve and/or support (4.2).
- Describe your partnerships with other affiliates or with non-Wikimedia entities (4.3).
Primary Documentation:
[edit]This documents all 2025 programs: Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom (editions 5-6), WikiTechMa 2025, WikiCamp Morocco 2025 (Fes, October 21-24), Mini-Hackathon, Documentation Project, all contest results, Wikipedia 25th Anniversary celebration, and community statistics.
For AffCom Criteria 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3:
2.1 (Health & Resilience): Engaged new users through education (209 graduates), recruited 10 new organizers (total 22), 15 community members gained editor rights.
4.1 (Internal Engagement): Weekly staff coordination, monthly community meetings, WikiCamp as annual gathering. Communication: Telegram, WhatsApp, email.
4.2 (Community Connection): Editing workshops follow-up engaged 141 editors making 23,300 edits. University workshops reached 74 students.
4.3 (Partnerships): Seven active partnerships: Reading Network Morocco (fiscal sponsor), Casa Memoire, Hassan II University Casablanca, Ibn Tofail University (including Faculty of Sciences), Higher School of Education Berrechid, Antoine de Saint-Exupery School, Tafath Foundation.
4. Are you interested in sharing what you achieved or learned this year with the wider community through different peer learning programs (e.g. Let's Connect program, Diff)? (optional)
Yes, we are interested in sharing through peer learning programs.
For 2026, we can contribute to Let's Connect or Diff on:
- Teacher-to-Volunteer Pipeline: Our structured approach converting education participants into contributors and organizers through Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom.
- Multi-Language Community Management: Running programs across Arabic, Darija, Amazigh, and French simultaneously.
- Bot-Driven Structured Data: How a small team achieved 3M+ Wikidata edits through systematic automation.
- WikiCamp Design: Combining strategic planning, technical hackathon, and community celebration in a multi-day event.
We welcome invitations to share these experiences with other affiliates.
5. Did you collect feedback from your community or target groups on how the activities implemented impacted them? If yes, please attach/provide information on the results (e.g. community surveys, stories, impact booklets/reports, interviews with partner institutions, etc). Did you collect other impact-specific data? (required)
For affiliates, the response to Question 5. also partially addresses Affiliate Health Criteria 4.1 (Internal Engagement), 4.2 (Community Connection), or 4.3 (Partnerships & collaboration), where applicable.
Yes, we collected feedback through multiple channels.
Education Program:
[edit]- Exit surveys from 209 graduates measuring satisfaction and skill acquisition
- Teacher testimonials from Mohammedia closing ceremony (August 26-29)
- Follow-up assessments tracking classroom implementation
Key findings: Teachers cited time pressure and school obligations as main barriers. Technical exercises requiring computer access created accessibility issues for mobile-only users. These findings shaped Year 3 design.
Events:
[edit]- WikiCamp Fes surveys (approximately 30 attendees)
- Mini-Hackathon participant feedback (9 participants)
- Berkane documentation workshop evaluation (16 participants)
Gaps Acknowledged:
[edit]- Long-term impact assessment needs strengthening
- Quantitative retention metrics require better tools
- Formal partner feedback collection was not systematically implemented
We are implementing quarterly surveys and standardized evaluation forms for Year 3.
For AffCom Criteria 4.1, 4.2, 4.3:
Strategic input gathered during WikiCamp informed 2026 priorities. Informal feedback from partners guided collaboration approaches.
6. During the fund period, did your efforts do any of the following? (required):
For affiliates, the response to Question 6. also partially addresses Affiliate Health Criterion 2.2 (Diversity balance).
- 6.1 Bring in participants from the following groups: women, young people, speakers of minority languages, underrepresented geographical regions (ESEAP, LATAM, SSA, MENA, SA)
- 6.2 Develop content about the following underrepresented topics or groups of people: women, speakers of minority languages, underrepresented geographical regions (ESEAP, LATAM, SSA, MENA, SA)
- 6.3 Support the retention of: Editors, Organizers, Partnerships
7. What, if any, effective tactics or approaches can you share that worked well when dealing with the programs under points 6.1-6.3 that you selected? (optional)
Language Diversity:
[edit]We created dedicated spaces for minority languages rather than treating Darija and Tamazight as secondary. Specific workshops, birthday contests, and technical infrastructure (bots, templates) made contributing easier. The Darija-Basque collaboration (WikiForMotherTongue) connected minority language communities - 19 articles resulted.
Women's Participation:
[edit]Women comprised the majority in several events. Our education program naturally attracts women given teaching profession demographics in Morocco. Among our 22 organizers, 8 are women (36%). The board currently has 4 members (1 woman, 3 men). Staff: 2 women, 1 man.
Editor Retention:
[edit]- Personal follow-up with active contributors
- Public recognition of milestones
- Hybrid online/in-person model
- Clear progression pathways
- Supporting permission upgrades (15 gained editor rights in 2025)
Geographic Expansion:
[edit]The Berkane workshop model - partnering with local institutions, training local facilitators, creating documentation projects tied to local heritage - will expand to additional regions in Year 3.
8. If you developed partnerships, which of the following factors most helped you to build partnerships? Please pick a MAXIMUM of the three most relevant factors (optional):
Permanent staff outreach, Volunteers from our communities, Partners proactive interest
Part 2: Metrics for Year 2
[edit]| Wikimedia Metrics | Target (Year 2) | Results (Year 2) | Comments and tools used |
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| Number of all participants | 600 | 1800 | Breakdown: Education 1,603 registered (564 active, 209 graduates); WikiCamp ~30; Mini-Hackathon 9; Wikipedia 25 Celebration 23; Berkane Workshop 16; University Workshops 74; Amazigh New Year Workshop 32; Editing Workshops Follow-up 141; Contest participants 150+ |
| Number of all editors | 150 | 144 | -Unique contributors tracked via community statistics(144)
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| Number of new editors | N/A | 47 | |
| Number of retained editors | N/A | 28 | |
| Number of all organizers | 15 | 22 | 8 women, 14 men. Includes 4 lead organizers coordinating multiple activities. |
| Number of new organizers | N/A | 10 |
| Wikimedia project | Target - Number of created pages (Year 2) | Target - Number of improved pages (Year 2) | Result - Number of created pages (Year 2) | Result - Number of improved pages (Year 2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 3710 | 4950 | ||
| Wikimedia Commons | 3591 | |||
| Wikidata | 10707 | |||
| Wiktionary | ||||
| Wikisource | ||||
| Wikimedia Incubator | 139 | |||
| Translatewiki | 87 | |||
| MediaWiki | ||||
| Wikiquote | ||||
| Wikivoyage | ||||
| Wikibooks | ||||
| Wikiversity | ||||
| Wikinews | ||||
| Wikispecies | ||||
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia | 135 |
Tool used and comments (optional):
Tools: Community statistics dashboard, Outreach Dashboard, event tracking.
11. Did you set other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required): Yes
11.1. Other Metrics.
In your application, you outlined some other open metrics that you would like to measure. Please fill out the achieved results for each of the open metrics you defined.
| Other Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 200 | Teacher certifications: Target 200, Achieved 209 | |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 2025 | Documentation files: Target 1,000, Achieved 2,025 | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 55 | New Commons categories: Target 30, Achieved 55 | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 15 | Advanced permissions gained: 15 editors received editor rights | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 22 | Total organizers: 22 (8 women, 14 men) | N/A |
Part 3: Skill Development / Capacity Building
[edit]12. Reflecting on your programmatic (external) and organizational (internal) work, did your grant support you to undergo any skill development that made a difference to your success? If yes, what skill was developed, and how did it lead to success? (e.g. received coaching on public speaking, attended training on nonviolent communication, hosted professional development conversations on leadership, learned and used a new tool for project management, etc.)? Can you share any materials? (required)
For affiliates, use this space (Question 12.) to address Affiliate Health Criteria 2.2 (Diversity balance) and 3.1 (Diverse, Skilled, and Accountable Leadership):
- Describe actions taken to prioritize gender balance in affiliate leadership, as well as any areas of diversity relevant to your affiliate's context (2.2).
- Describe the management, financial, or other leadership skills of your affiliate leaders. If you have a succession plan, please include it here (3.1).
- Describe any training or skill development (as outlined in the question above) (3.1).
- Incorporate into the annual report a disclosure of conflict of interests (if any) from the leadership (3.1).
Yes.
Technical Skills:
[edit]Mini-Hackathon trained 9 participants in: Lua programming, SPARQL querying, OpenRefine for data cleaning, AutoWikiBrowser, Phabricator project management, WikiFunctions development. These skills enabled our 3M+ Wikidata edits.
Project Management:
[edit]Staff developed coordination skills through WikiCamp planning, multi-track event management, and remote team coordination.
Education Program:
[edit]Education Coordinator enhanced skills in WikiLearn platform management, teacher engagement, and outcome measurement.
For AffCom Criteria 2.2, 3.1:
Gender Balance:
[edit]- Board: 4 members (1 woman, 3 men)
- Staff: 3 members (2 women, 1 man)
- Organizers: 22 total (8 women, 14 men)
- No conflicts of interest declared
Succession Planning:
[edit]- Cross-training staff on core responsibilities
- Documenting standard operating procedures
- Mentoring volunteers for leadership roles
- Planned board expansion (from 4 to at least 6 members)
13. What is one capacity/skill area that you would like to focus on for the next year? And how do you plan to achieve this capacity? (required)
Organizational governance and legal establishment.
Focus Areas:
[edit]- Understanding Moroccan association law
- Finalizing compliant bylaws
- Establishing independent financial controls
- Transitioning from fiscal sponsorship
Implementation:
[edit]- Q1 2026: Legal consultation, finalize statutes
- Q2 2026: Submit registration, establish bank account
- Q3 2026: Implement governance, train board
- Q4 2026: Complete fiscal sponsor transition
Legal status enables direct funding, formal partnerships, and clearer organizational identity.
14. If you have additional information or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. Use the space below to upload any additional documents that would be useful to understand your report.
For affiliates, also use this section (Question 14) to fulfill the Affiliate Health Criteria requirements.
- Describe and link to any public-facing documentation for affiliate governance, including affiliate leadership and membership with a breakdown of the demographics; how elections are conducted; how conflicts of interest are declared; and how decisions are made and communicated (2.2, 2.3, 3.1).
- Describe and link to any public-facing documentation for activities incorporating, promoting awareness about, or enforcing the Universal Code of Conduct in your affiliate's activities (3.3).
- Describe and link to any public-facing documentation for internal membership engagement, such as notes from your regular meetings and how you communicate to or involve your membership (4.1).
Governance:
[edit]Documentation at: [2]
Covers: leadership structure, election procedures, decision-making, conflict of interest declarations, membership criteria.
Universal Code of Conduct:
[edit]UCoC mentioned at all events. Designated contacts handle reporting. Members receive training updates.
Internal Engagement:
[edit]- Weekly leadership meetings
- Weekly staff coordination
- Monthly open community meetings
- Communication: Telegram, WhatsApp, email
Reflection:
[edit]2025 was a maturation year. We moved beyond running programs to building sustainable systems: teacher-to-volunteer pipelines, technical infrastructure for local languages, and governance foundations. The 33.3% technical completion rate taught us about realistic capacity planning. Year 3 commits to fewer, focused objectives.
Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]For affiliates, also use this section (Part 4: Financial reporting) to address Affiliate Health Criterion 3.2 (Financial & Legal Compliance).
| Description | Amount spent (MAD) |
|---|---|
| Personnel costs | 301571 |
| Operational costs | 45921.37 |
| Programmatic costs | 295880.55 |
| Total (Year 2) | 643372.92 |
| Other revenue | 0 |
| Remaining funds (Year 2) | 45399 |
15. Please state the total amount spent from this fund in your local currency. (required)
643372.92 MAD
16. Please provide an overview of the amount spent from this fund in the following budget categories in your local currency. (required)
- Operational costs: 45921.37 MAD
- Programmatic costs: 295880.55 MAD
- Staff and contractor costs: 301571 MAD
17. Did you have any other revenue sources (e.g. other funding, membership contributions, donations)? (required): Yes
- 17.1. Provide the total amount received from other revenue sources in your local currency. (required): 6453 MAD
- 17.2. Provide the total amount spent from other revenue sources in your local currency. (required): 0 MAD
18. Provide a financial report document which will provide the details of funds received and spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
- Upload Documents, Templates, and Files.
- Report funds received and spent, if template not used.
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tO8-xuk0zXdpaQXkYagIPmPeAKRojf-doGjRvp62z8k/edit?usp=sharing
18.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)
WikiCamp/Conference:
[edit]Budget: 55,000 MAD | Actual: 144,527.00 MAD (263% of budget)
Reason: Expanded scope combining WikiCamp Fes (4-day event, October 21-24), Mini-Hackathon, and Wikipedia 25 celebration (January 2026).
Contests and Editing Events:
[edit]Budget: 18,000 MAD | Actual: 29,695.00 MAD (165% of budget)
Reason: Expanded contest program including Introducing Books Contest, Darija Birthday Contest, multiple workshops, prizes, and social media promotion.
Education Program:
[edit]Budget: 55,000 MAD | Actual: 72,394.15 MAD (132% of budget)
Reason: Enhanced closing ceremony (Hotel Ibis Mohammedia, August 26-29), expanded workshop coverage.
Staffing:
[edit]Budget: 384,000 MAD | Actual: 301,571.00 MAD (78.5%)
Technical Project Coordinator added mid-year. Position vacancies during transitions resulted in underspending.
Administrative:
[edit]Budget: 120,200 MAD | Actual: 45,921.37 MAD (38.2%)
Efficiencies achieved; some planned activities cost less.
Overages in WikiCamp, Contests, and Education offset by underspending in Staffing and Administrative. All reallocations consistent with WMF mission.
19. Do you have any unspent funds from this funding?: Yes
- 19.1. Please list the amount of unspent funds in your local currency. (required)
- 45399
- 19.2. Explain why you did not use the amount. (required)
- Reasons:
Staffing under budget (vacancies during transitions) Administrative efficiencies Some planned activities cost less than budgeted
- 19.3. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
- A. Propose to use the underspent funds within this Fund period with PO approval
- 19.4. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
- Remaining funds will be utilized within Year 3 for geographic expansion activities, additional technical workshops, enhanced documentation coverage.
20. Final confirmations (required)
- 20.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement? You must be in compliance with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement. In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the Wikimedia Foundation mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
- Yes
- 20.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
- Yes
- 20.3. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
- Yes
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