Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/How to contribute to Wikimedia in Zimbabwe (ID: 21960059)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2023-04-30T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Community Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: How to contribute to Wikimedia in Zimbabwe
- Username of Applicant: Sichelesile
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 1991
- Amount spent: 1677.51 USD, 1677.51 USD
Part 1 Understanding your work[edit]
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
The main activity was to train, engage and empower women in Zimbabwe to be information producers. The activities went as planned and the trainings helped a lot to explain what Wikimedia is and how they can contribute from Zimbabwe. 21 editors both old and new ones joined the initiative but only 12 managed to pull throughout the course of trainings. Topics that were taught were the basics of Wikipedia, the dos and donts of the Wikimedia. One of the participants had other motives that totally disqualified him as he wanted to market his Youtube channel. The other topic was on the Wikimedia incubator. Zimbabwe's main language is still in the incubator hence the need to take it to the main space. The participants were interested in this topic as they worked hard after the trainings to write new articles. Wikimedia Commons was also taught and the participants were thrilled to know that they can tell their story through visuals.
We had 4 sessions spanning from January to March of learning the basics and do the work within the times. The training sessions were characterized by more than 15 participants both virtually and inhouse and unfortunately only 2 facilitators were there to guide the participants through. On the Facilitators side, we leant a lot on skills and leadership as we had a group of people to lead and also guide on editing and computer skills. The Wiki Loves Women focus group and Alice were of great assistance as we were constantly in touch for questions needed.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
Training on Wikimedia. The training Resources manuals on the Outreach Dashboard are very useful tools. For consistency of the participants, motivations and targets to meet, assignments were the approaches that made the participants active always. An environment fit for training was also a good approach.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediazimbabwefocusgroup
4. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with the support of this Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals.
| 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 |
5. Is there anything else you would like to share about how your efforts helped to bring in participants and/or build out content, particularly for underrepresented groups?
Librarians have been recently feeling like their jobs have been taken over by the internet however Wikipedia gives them a sense of belonging as they continue to provide information through the Wiki Space.
Part 2: Your main learning[edit]
6. In your application, you outlined your learning priorities. What did you learn about these areas during this period?
I expected to have learned many skills as leader of a gender gap initiative in the Wikimedia network. A great experience it was as l leant how to lead a team of very different people with one goal. Leading people who are full time employees in their different places.
I expected to have extended my network. i have leant on how to get to some places for information as one has to knock on the top doors for approval
I expected to have achieved recruitment, training and team building of new editors in my local area, and intend to follow-up as we build our own Usergroup in Zimbabwe I have 12 new editors ready to start on the Usergroup of our country. After these sessions more people in Zimbabwe want to be trained about Wikimedia, this campaign has opened more doors to more training Zimbabweans
I expect new content to be created about women from my country. English Wikipedia is not easy on living persons therefore we were able to create 1 but have discovered more women that are notable and doing great out there that need to be documented.
7. 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?
Negatives The venue was too far from everyone hence transportation was expensive
Positives National University of science and Technology Library Department invited us to train them as well but it was too late and the budget was not enough to include them. We promised them to do another training with them only as the man power will be better.
8. How do you hope to use this learning? For instance, do you have any new priorities, ideas for activities, or goals for the future?
The leaning curve was great as this has opened more doors to priorities like teaching the basics first before other campaigns as this allows people to have an appreciation first then know what to do next.
My future goals is to have more trainings on How to Contribute from Zimbabwe, Activities include all the Wikimedia Projects that have not found publicity in Africa and Zimbabwe.
9. Documentation of resources: Use this space to upload any documents that would be useful to share with others (e.g. communications material, training material, presentations).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
N/A
Part 3: Metrics[edit]
10a. Open Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined some open metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with your metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had.
| Open Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Creation of new atticles | 25 | 3 | Participants were not yet familiar and worked on their sandboxes others preferred editing existing articles.
We edited more than 50 articles |
Dashboard |
| Wikiqoute | New qoutes about Women (Wiki Loves Women) | 25 | 0 | Trainer had other commitments so we did not train on Wikiqoute | N/A |
| Wikimedia Commons | Addition of pictures/ videos | 25 | 71 | Participants enjoyed the topic hence the big outcome | N/A |
| Wikimedia Incubetor | New Atticles | 25 | 28 | The joy of writing in the mother language was joy to the participants | Dashboard |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
10b. Core Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined targets for some core metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with each core metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had. Note: a table will appear for each Wikimedia project content contribution you defined in your proposal.
| Core metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | New Participants: 15
Returning Participants 10 |
25 | 21 | 12 However finished the training | Dashboard |
| Number of editors | New Editors: 15
Old Editors : 10 |
25 | 12 | ||
| Number of organizers | Trainers: 2
Cordinators: 3 outreach liason: 1 Advisors: 2 |
8 | 3 | Other editors were tied up with work pressure |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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12. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? This could include things like a lack of time or resources, or the expertise in your team to collect this data. It could also include difficulties with particular data collection tools.
No
12a. State what difficulties you had.
N/A
12b. 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?
N/A
13. Use this space to upload any documents and provide links to any tools you have used that would be useful to understand your data collection (e.g., surveys you have carried out, communications material, training material, program and event dashboard link, project page on Meta).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
14. Have you shared these results with other Wikimedian communities (either affiliates, user groups, volunteers, etc., different to yours)? This can include things such as data and direct outcomes, lessons you have learned, or information on how to run or recreate your programs.
Yes
14a. If yes or partially, please describe how you have already shared them and if you would like to do more sharing, and if so how.
During the closing session we shared the results based on the dashboard
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance[edit]
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
1677.51 USD
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
1677.51 USD
17. Please report the funds received and spending in the currency of your fund.
17a. Upload a financial report file.
17b. Please provide a link to your financial reporting document.
As required in the fund agreement, please report any deviations from your fund proposal here. Note that, among other things, any changes must be consistent with our WMF mission, must be for charitable purposes as defined in the grant agreement, and must otherwise comply with the grant agreement.
17c. If you have not already done so in your budget report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal.
N/A
18. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
18a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
N/A
18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
19. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes
20. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
Yes
21. 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
22. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here.
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