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Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Advancing Central Kanuri Wikipedia through campaigns on campuses (ID: 23469384)/Final Report

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Umargana1
Advancing Central Kanuri Wikipedia through campaigns on campuses
01 September 2025 - 30 November 2025
Report ID: 12779
Report status: Under review
Report due date: 30 December 2025
Grant ID: G-RF-2506-19347
Amount funded: 2303325 NGN, 1500 USD
Amount spent: 2303350 NGN
Rapid Fund Final Report

Application type: Standard application

Part 1: Project and impact

1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)

1. implementation The implementation involved a structured series of campus based awareness and training activities. 2. Target institutions;

campaigns were primarily executed at Borno State University and Ramat Polytechnic in Borno state

3. Core Activities; me and my team conducted training workshops and editathons to improve digital literacy and teach students and staffs how to contribute to Wikipedia in the Kanuri language and we also teach them how to use content translator and other tool. there's more than 150 articles were created with more than 865 edits. this project successful established a network of potential contributors among the student population increasing the visibility of the central Kanuri language in the global knowledge society

2. Documentation of your impact. Please use space below to share links that help tell your story, impact, and evaluation. (required)

Share links to:

  • Project page on Meta-Wiki or any other Wikimedia project
  • Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions
  • Some photos or videos from your event. Remember to share access.

You can also share links to:

  • Important social media posts
  • Surveys and their results
  • Infographics and sound files
  • Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects

here's some pictures of our event . File:Advancing Central Kanuri Wikipedia Through Campaign On Campuses 07.jpg File:Advancing Central Kanuri Wikipedia Through Campaign On Campuses 11.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Advancing_Central_Kanuri_Wikipedia_Through_Campaign_On_Campuses_17.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Advancing_Central_Kanuri_Wikipedia_Through_Campaign_On_Campuses_10.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Advancing_Central_Kanuri_Wikipedia_Through_Campaign_On_Campuses_01.jpg

here's the link 0f our outreachdashbord.[[1]]

Additionally, share the materials and resources that you used in the implementation of your project. (required)

For example:

  • Training materials and guides
  • Presentations and slides
  • Work processes and plans
  • Any other materials your team has created or adapted and can be shared with others

The training guide used was. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MFVolLk6V1BC5W1elDw3CE6njvlfVrZ8/view?usp=drivesdk The presentation guide used was. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fhUrQpzO1JoXFQS8E48OdUtgJJUygSZm/view?usp=drivesdk

3. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with this Rapid Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals. Required. Select one option per question. (required)

Our efforts during the Fund period have helped to...
A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups Strongly agree
B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community Strongly agree
C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups Strongly agree
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives Strongly agree
E. Encourage the retention of editors Strongly agree
F. Encourage the retention of organizers Strongly agree
G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement Strongly agree
F. Other (optional)

Part 2: Learning

4. In your application, you outlined some learning questions. What did you learn from these learning questions when you implemented your project? How do you hope to use this learnings in the future? You can recall these learning questions below. (required)

You can recall these learning questions below: 1. We are hoping to learn What becomes of a new community after hosting a successful project 2. We hope to learn the Impact of mentoring in project organizing and coordination. 3. We also hope to learn the Bridge gap by creating more articles related to Kanuri Language and Improve the skill in article creation and knowledge of Kanuri culture, History and Heritage. 4. We also want to see how students, Kanuri Linguistic researchers, Academics, and other participants respond to Wikimedia projects and what challenges they face. These insights will guide us in improving future projects and making Wikimedia more accessible in similar directions.

1 We learn the Impact of mentoring in project organizing and coordination. 2.We also learn we can Bridge gap by creating more articles related to Kanuri Language and Improve the skill in article creation and knowledge of Kanuri culture, History and Heritage. 3.We also learn how students, Kanuri Linguistic researchers, Academics, and other participants respond to Wikimedia projects and what challenges they face. These insights will guide us in improving future projects and making Wikimedia more accessible in similar directions.

5. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities? This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences? (required)

N/A

6. What is your plan to share your project learnings and results with other community members? If you have already done it, describe how. (required)

yes we have a whatsapp channel were we discuses and share any new leanigs and experiences with all other community members

Part 3: Metrics

7. Wikimedia Metrics results. (required)

In your application, you set some Wikimedia targets in numbers (Wikimedia metrics). In this section, you will describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used.

Target Results Comments and tools used
Number of participants 60 60
Number of editors 60 60
Number of organizers 4 4
Wikimedia project Target Result - Number of created pages Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia 200 150 173
Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia

8. Other Metrics results.

In your proposal, you could also set Other Metrics targets. Please describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used if you set Other Metrics in your application.

Other Metrics name Metrics Description Target Result Tools and comments
150

9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)

No

9.1. Please state what difficulties you had. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges? (required)

Part 4: Financial reporting

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10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)

2303350

11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)

2303350

12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)

Provide the link to the financial report https://docs.wps.com/m/v/p/89314454292860


12.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)


13. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?

No

13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.

N/A

13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?

N/A

13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.

N/A

14.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?

Yes

14.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?

Yes

14.3. 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

15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)