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Jukun Wikipedia Outreach
08 February 2026 - 08 March 2026
Report ID: 13514
Report status: Under review
Report due date: 07 April 2026
Grant ID: G-RF-2510-20792
Amount funded: 3546297 NGN, 2492.25 USD
Amount spent: 3546297 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)

As soon as this project was approved and funds accessed, my team and I began to organize ourselves, contacting all those needed to coordinate the event from Wukari, the town where the event took place.

We had the event venue and accommodations for organizers booked and paid for, and the graphics created for the event.

We then sent out the graphics on our social media handles created for the event, and participants in the WhatsApp group were told to register themselves for the event, which most of them did before the event.

On arrival at Wukari, the event organizing team visited the Aku Uka (paramount ruler) of Wukari, where the group introduced the purpose of their visit alongside members of the Jukun language board, and we were welcomed and given the go-ahead to proceed with our event. 

For the next three days, between 20 and 22 February, the participants were taught how to create articles in the Jukun Wapan language, and although the language was not activated on Translatewiki as of the last day of the event, the participants were told to await when it would be so a separate online class could be prepared to teach them that aspect as well.

After the event, we continued to encourage participants to edit the project and should continue doing so until the project leaves the Wikimedia Incubator and even afterwards.

During this project, we learned about the culture of the Jukun people and how much they respect their traditional institutions. We also learned about how much they are interested in documenting their language through the books they brought to the event venue, which was quite encouraging.

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

• Project page

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

• Training material:

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 Neither agree nor disagree
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. What level of exposure do the editors have regarding the use of editing tools like computers and smartphones? 2. How much of the Wapan orthography do the editors understand? 3. What is the nature of the browsing network in the area where this community is?

1. I learned that just like in other places in Nigeria, most of the elderly attendees had difficulty operating digital devices, but they were helpful in terms of translations.

2. This event helped me know that about half of the Wapan speakers who attended the event understood the orthography of the language, while the other half were still struggling with it.

3. The browsing network in the venue of our event was quite cooperative. We had a great event with little or no browsing network-related challenges.

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)

On our way to the town, we were surprised to discover that the bridge across the Benue River linking Ibi and Wukari had not yet been constructed, and we had to journey across it on a ferry boat.

Another was the cultured nature of the people. They were very respectful to traditional leadership and were very composed.

They also have a lot of literary materials, some written in English and Jukun and others in Jukun only. It was quite mind-blowing to discover these, and I hope the same will be translated to Wikipedia editing in the Wikimedia Incubator and Translatewiki so that the Jukun Wikipedia can become a reality in no time.

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)

I have shared my learnings on the social media handles, as well as got some of the aspects captured in the newspaper publication whose link was attached above.

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 40 51 Meta-Wiki CampaignEvents dashboard, Wikimedia Outreach Dashboard
Number of editors 34 45 Catanalysis tool, Wikimedia Outreach Dashboard
Number of organizers 6 7 3 existing organizers, and 3 new organizers from Wukari
Wikimedia project Target Result - Number of created pages Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons 50 84 84
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator 200 219 226
Translatewiki 200 0 0
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

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)

3546297

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

2492.25

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/1A78gHFK85mPNWuIxX5h7hOiLPbmi-DCMvpFFlL_NxJU/edit?gid=928458698#gid=928458698


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)

We had adjustments in the cost of the event venue, transportation fare and transit accommodation of organizers, food and drinks for attendees (which was more than we anticipated). These and more were all captured in the budget.

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)

I will want to appreciate the Wikimedia Foundation for its support of underrepresented languages. Due to this campaign, a language community that has not heard of Wikimedia or its project has now been enrolled in Wikimedia activities.

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