Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Fellowship program for health editors in Africa (ID: 23547162)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Tesleemah
- Organization
N/A
- 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)
I'm a board member or president of a Wikimedia Affiliate or mission-allied organization., I'm a group leader of an informal Wikimedia group.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
I am the founder of Wiki Health Africa which is currently undergoing process to become a user group with a proposal submitted to the Affcom, Wiki Health Africa is an initiative to promote health professionals and health content in Africa
I'm the only African Board member of Wiki Project Medicine,The Board of Directors manages the direction and day-to-day business of Wiki Project Med Foundation
I'm an advisory council for Wikiwomen task force responsible for bridging gender gap within the open space
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Fellowship program for health editors in Africa
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-11-01 - 2026-01-03
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Regional (more than one country in the same continent or region) Regional (more than one country in the same continent or region) Engagements and implementation of the project will cut across Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and Northern Africa
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Other (please specify) Advocacy
- 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)
Health editors in Nigeria previously got introduced to medical content in the wiki space through the Wiki and Health articles 2.0 which was carried out at the Univesity of Medicine, Ibadan college students including pharmacist, optometrist, medical doctors and micribiologist with 68 new articles created and 30 articles edited by 120 health editors. The detailed report of the project and the diff blog post can be found below https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Visibility_of_Health_articles_in_Nigeria_on_English_Wikipedia_2.0_(ID:_22892164) https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/07/the-ripple-effect-of-promoting-health-content-in-nigeria-2-0/
After the last project, The iniative, Wiki Health Africa see the need to expand the call for medical contents seeing how previous projects were focused on Nigerian editors, the fellowship is a capacity building of selected participants across different countries in Africa and inauguration of fellows of health editors in Africa, a first of it's kind.
The following are the approaches for successful fellowship program of the African health editors
Create Awareness: To drive participation, we will leverage various social media platforms, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and X (formerly Twitter), to share content and updates. We will organize public talks and outreach sessions to engage prospective participants and raise awareness about the project’s goal and the value of contributing to the Wikimedia movement.
Partnership building: Wiki Health Africa as a developing iniative recognizes the importance of building partnerships with other organizations and initiatives that share its vision and goals. This includes other health organizations like Medical World, Optometric Association, HealthForAll Initiative For Community Health, ,Africa African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST), Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) among others. By building partnerships, we aim to share knowledge, resources, and best practices and amplify the impact of its initiatives.
Sustained Remote Mentorship and Peer Review: To support participants beyond the workshops, a structured mentorship system using WhatsApp, Google Meet, and asynchronous support channels will be implemented. Peer review mechanisms will help reinforce learning, and foster community accountability.
- 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.
To achieve our goals and address the challenges outlined, we have planned a series of key activities that will help us investigate, strategize, and establish our organization. These activities are designed to foster discussions, gather data, build partnerships, and develop a sustainable structure for African Health editors
1. Organize focus Group Discussions and Surveys: Organize 2 community online awareness sessions and 6 focus group discussions for 30 health editors from across different regions in Africa, like East, West, North and South Africa
2. Data collation and survey of health iniatives on Wikimedia Iniative across Africa: We will hold conversations that will help us map out health iniatives that can be worked upon across Africa. engage research professionals within the Wikimedia community to lead this effort.
3. Identify opportunities for health editors in Africa: These include health professionals in Africa community, health leaders in other Wikimedia affiliates within Africa, and stakeholders participating in focus group discussions, workshops, and community sessions.
4. Partnership building: Wiki Health Africa as a developing iniative recognizes the importance of building partnerships with other organizations and initiatives that share its vision and goals. This includes other health organizations like Medical World, HealthForAll Initiative For Community Health, Mira Sight Foundation,Africa African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST) and formal partnerships with Wikimedia affiliates, aimed at promoting health in Wikimedia projects. By building partnerships, we aim to share knowledge, resources, and best practices and amplify the impact of its initiatives.
5. Inauguration of fellows and award of certificate: A virtual fellow inauguration will be held for the 30 participants to lauch the first set of African health fellows on wikimedia while digital certificate will be awarded to all fellows to celebrate their milestones.
- 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.
Tesleemah (Project Manager):Tesleemah is a Doctor of the Eye, practising in Nigeria. Dr Tesleemah is an Article For Creation (AFC) reviewer and new page reviewer on English Wikipedia, she has created over 113 articles on English Wikipedia main space. She is an host on Wikipedia Teahouse, a platform to help newcomers on Wikipedia. She is the only African Board member of Wiki Project Medicine. One of the participants of African growth pilot organized by the Wikimedia Foundation, she is a Certified Organiser for the organizer lab. She was the project lead of Wiki and Health articles in Nigeria 1.0 and the visibility of health articles on English Wikipedia 2.0. Dr Tesleemah is the founder of Mira Sight Foundation and has worked with different health-related organisations such as Optometry Mails, Food and Gene initiative, among others.
Her role as the Admin of a group of Medics with over 800 medical students and health professionals will help in recruiting new medical editors who will contribute towards the project. As an experienced Wikimedian who has organized and facilitated similar Wikimedia events recently, Tesleemah will play a crucial role as the project lead organizer. She will oversee the planning, coordination, and implementation of the project activities. Additionally, Tesleemah will bring her expertise to lead some of the training sessions, sharing her knowledge and insights with the participants. Her experience and familiarity with Wikipedia make her well-suited for guiding the project's overall direction and ensuring its success. Role: She is the project manager and oversees the success of the project
Taofeeq Abdulkareem: He is an experienced Wikidata editor who has held leadership positions in Wikimedia, most notably as a Special Duty Officer, and was the Vice President, Training and Development of the Wikimedia Fan Club at the University of Ilorin. He has proven talents in event management and planning in leadership positions, particularly at Wikiclimatecampustour Nigeria, University of Ilorin Physical Training, and Wikimedia Fan Club, Unilorin, Arts + Feminism 2023 Campaign. He was the project lead of Wikimedia Awareness in Ogbomosho. Role: Communication Manager
Taoheedah : She is an experienced Wikimedia Project Facilitator who facilitated Wiki Health Articles in Nigeria project featured by the Wikimedia Foundation where she coordinated the training session in bridging health content gap on Wikipedia and wikicommon. Taoheedah was a participant in the inaugural Africa Growth Pilot Cohort. During this program, she received specialized training from senior program officers at the Wikimedia Foundation, equipping her with the skills to actively engage in Wikimedia projects. Aside from Wikimedia Projects, She is the Founder of the HealthForAll Initiative For Community Health where she has led several community health campaigns and collaborated with organizations in Uganda, Ghana and Kenya where she demonstrated coordination, planning, and team planning skills in promoting healthy living. Role: Research Coordinator
Vacant 10 Volunteer country coordinators to support with community engagements from grassroot communities
- 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)
The target participants are solely health editors within the Africa Wiki community who make up 80% of the total 200 and other African editors within communities where we may be lacking representatives. We will prioritize the inclusion of a maximum of 2 participants from each of the 5 regions in Africa, ensuring a balanced representation of both new and experienced Wikimedians.
Follow-up after the event/campaign
- A post-event survey will be shared to gather feedback and assess learning outcomes.
- Submission of final grant report and metrics tracking through weekly virtual meetups
- Publishing a learning report or Diff blog post
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
Yes
- 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.
1. The General friendly space policy for Wikimedia events will be summarized and to be read at the beginning of each event. The event will adhere to the Wikimedia-friendly space policy during the event. The Wikimedia-friendly space policy and UCoC will be distributed to participants before the event starts. The event also promises to be safe and conducive.
2. People aged 14 or younger will be allowed to register for the training since the target participants are health professionals in training and practice in Nigeria Mature content such as violent or sexually explicit imagery will not be displayed in public areas of the venue.
3. I will make copies of the youth safety plan available for event attendees.
4. I will ensure the physical events comply with all local laws and regulations that apply to young attendees
- 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 have informed the Africa wikimedians through the dedicated telegram pages Also, I have informed the retained participants of the last project 'Wiki And Health articles in Nigeria 2.0 ' about the fellowship on the dedicated whatsapp platform created.
- 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)
Advocacy
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Age (diversity of age groups)
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
What specific barriers hinder African health editors from participating as editors within the Wikimedia movement? We want to identify the systemic and cultural obstacles that African health editors face in gaining visibility and representation.
What lessons can we learn from existing health wikimedia initiatives across Africa that can inform our strategic direction? We hope to identify best practices and successful approaches from similar initiatives to avoid redundancy and enhance our impact.
How effective are our initiatives in increasing the engagement of African health editors in Wikimedia?We will evaluate the success of our programs, workshops, and strategic discussions in empowering health editors to take on more prominent roles.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 60 | 60 individuals
These include Heath Editors from the African community, health leaders in other Wikimedia affiliates within Africa, and stakeholders participating in focus group discussions, workshops, and community sessions |
| Number of editors | 30 | 30 individuals
These include health Editors from the Africa Wiki community |
| Number of organizers | 8 | Target: 8 organizers
Description: This includes the Project Manger, Research Coordinator and communication manager who will help implement activities, ensuring a well-supported environment for participants. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Partnerships/Collaborations | 5 partnerships established
Details: This includes formal partnerships with Wikimedia affiliates, and local institutions aimed at promoting women’s involvement in Wikimedia projects. |
5 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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)
Google Forms and spreadsheets to collect and analyze participant data. Otter. AI for transcribing focus group discussions and other interviews collected. Taguette, the free and open-source qualitative data analysis tool for import analysis focus group transcriptions, highlighting and tag quotes, and export the results! Zoom for recording focus group discussions, and online strategy workshop, and community sessions.
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)
4554500 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.
2956 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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