Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/FARM TO PLATE PHOTOWALK TO SONGHAI FARMS AND BUGUMA COMMUNITY IN PORTHARCOURT IN THE NIGER DELTA (ID: 22893577)/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)
Proposed Project Outcome 1. 1 Virtual Info Session/ Campaign Lunch Physical Training of 30 participants including 10 photographers organized by Michael Diala & Dappa Solomon
2. 2 PHOTOWALKS (a) Photowalk 1 to Songhai Farms Led by Michael Diala and Dappa Solomon
(b) Photowalk 2 to Buguma Community to document the rich cultural delicacy of the Ijaw people such as the fisherman soup, the Onunu food, the oporo fulou, the roasted plantains (combined with fish & yam which is known as Bole), the traditional seafood steps from Farm To Plate
3. 1 General Photo contest facilitated by Michael Diala & Dappa Solomon 4. 1 General Upload Session facilitated by Michael Diala & Dappa Solomon 5. 1 Farm to Plate Exhibition Organized by Michael Diala & Dappa Solomon 6. 1 Debrief, Closeout and Reporting by Michael Diala & Dappa Solomon
Actual Project Outcome
1. 1 Virtual Info Session/ Campaign Lunch /Physical Training of 19 participants and 11 Virtual Participants including 1 photographers organized by Michael Diala & Dappa Solomon
2. 5 PHOTOWALKS (a) Photowalk 1 to Songhai Farms Led by Michael Diala & Dappa Solomon (b) Photowalk 2 to Buguma Community to document the rich cultural delicacy of the Ijaw people such as the fisherman soup, the Onunu food, the oporo fulou, the roasted plantains (combined with fish & yam which is known as Bole) this photowalk was led by Dappa Solomon c) Additional Photowalk to Creek Road Market Port-Harcourt, Led by Dappa Solomon d)Additional Photwalk to Fruit Garden Market, PortHarcourt Led by Michael Diala e) Additional Photowalk to Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State led by Michael Diala f) Individual Photowalks from Dappa Solomon, Michael Diala
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
1. PROJECT PAGE (Meta-Wiki) https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2025_in_Niger_Delta?sfnsn=scwspwa
2.DASHBOARD/ OUTREACH PAGE: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Michael_Diala_and_Dappa_Solomon/FARM_TO_PLATE_PHOTOWALK_TO_SONGHAI_FARM_AND_BUGUMA_COMMUNITY
3. CATEGORY PAGE: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Wiki+Loves+Africa+2025+in+Niger+Delta+&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image
4. Important Social Media Post Highlights from WLA 2025 on Wiki Africa Hour presented by Dappa Solomon https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvyE0yEt-BKjmaakYL31JfcT94GGKcDH9&si=nizJ6fkSKfT05hE6
Afang Soup is a delicious and nutritious vegetable soup that originates from the Efik people of Cross River State in Southern Nigeria (Niger Delta region) was highlighted in the article celebrating the impact of the Farm2Plate Campaign by Wiki Africa https://www.wikiinafrica.org/2025/05/21/the-journey-from-farm-to-plate-celebrating-the-impact-of-wiki-loves-africa-2025/
5. Surveys https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfd7mZfEWMyObeelgK0SRprg9a4jqmW-g9v04gUStzYJCE6bw/viewform
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D-HnS9dSSGdHCstdzGCFv6xWVeXC1-E5Ywu5c_s-RO0/edit?usp=sharing
5. WLA in NIGER DELTA FOLDER https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/135tCaPhRDaC3SChA-yMy0CLHgAs-CibJ
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
1. PRESENTATION SLIDE
2. WORKPLAN/TIMELINE https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nq17idoZVUj24_Ui39FoSiV7hH-bdlYe/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102927459831844268495&rtpof=true&sd=true
3. AGENDA
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)
| 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 | Agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Strongly agree |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | 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. How do you think this Photowalk can bring a sense of urgency to revive Songhai farms through advocacy.
2. Do you think partnership and stakeholder engagement help us achieve this aim ?
3. What do you hope to learn from this project ?
4 How would your participation in WLA make our community members feel engaged and become attached to the Wikimedia movement?
5. How did you feel being part of the WLA? What was your experience like meeting other community members?
6. During next year's contest will you be part of this movement again?
7. Would you recommend this project to somone?
we believe through these questions we have been able to understand how advocacy and stakeholder engagement can trigger meaningful development .
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)
1.Getting to Songhai Farm, It was almost deserted for us to document but through the aid of community farmers, we were able to improvise .
2. Instead of 2 Photowalks, we did over 5 photowalks out of excitement because it was really engaging for the volunteers .
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)
Blogs Focus Group Discussions
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 | 30 | 36 | |
| Number of editors | 30 | 36 | |
| Number of organizers | 2 | 2 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |||
| Wikimedia Commons | 1000 | 1043 | 1043 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strengthen linkages through partnerships of organizations working to revive Songhai farms through advocacy. | ||||
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
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
5200729.41
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
3360.08
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Provide the link to the financial report https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZLLsZDdfDZB5LkxbvHws_RLbKOV7_A2d_42DBDyUYto/edit?usp=sharing
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)
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A