Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Nupe Wikipedia Awakening:Inspiring Awareness and Incubator Advancement in Niger State, Nigeria (ID: 22446264)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2024-06-21T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Applicant username: Misbahu Umar
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 950
- Amount spent: 950 USD, 1490000
Part 1: Project and impact[edit]
1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
We follow a steps of project in a manner that we made consultation with pioneers Nupe speakers in the 2 higher institutes of Niger, namely Federal University of Technology, Minna and Federal University lapai, we sent our visit purpose as seen in the letter link below; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GFN_BLlPiPZ3-mOQP3t74z9HZxzHT7ha/view?usp=drivesdk We were welcomed and students and management gave us all the needed support.
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
We used survey form to collect data, we sent visit notice as seen in the link below; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GFN_BLlPiPZ3-mOQP3t74z9HZxzHT7ha/view?usp=drivesdk Also, find attached links to our pictures during the awareness;https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20240424_42653PMByGPSMapCamera.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nupe_Wikipedia_Awakening.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nupe_Wikipedia_awareness.jpg So also the target of articles translation was achievable beyond targets as seen in the dashboard link below; https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Nupe_Wikipedia/Nupe_Wikipedia_Awakening/students/overview More also we used fliers for audience calling as seen in the link below; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GPRgCI-zh7_ZNP8Ixn7IuFOOy_ZwAfgi/view?usp=drivesdk
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
We created groups both in watsup and telegram that will connect more Nupe speakers and writers together in ensuring Nupe is inclusive in wikipedia language Advancement as seen in the link below; https://chat.whatsapp.com/Kc1ADPPKwQ18lLrC0s8VT8 and https://t.me/+wOZZT8d8sbo1Nzc0
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 | 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[edit]
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 aim to acquire deeper insights into the language and culture of the Nupe people, currently absent in Wikipedia.
2. Our objective is to disseminate additional knowledge about Wikipedia and its related projects to fellow participants.
3. We anticipate learning from editors and Wikipedia users about effective information management for educational purposes, leveraging the content available on Wikipedia.
The need for more inclusion with elites in language Advancement is paramount because ways will be granted for repairs and management of the language in an elite manner.
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)
Yes, The school management were happy to the extent that other languages speakers were asking how they can contribute to there own language, which we connected them to various language hubs, Yoruba and Hausa respectively.
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)
We share the progress as we call on more Nupe speakers to come and advance wikipedia across the globe
Part 3: Metrics[edit]
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 | 50 | 74 | |
| Number of editors | 50 | 44 | |
| Number of organizers | 5 | 4 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |||
| Wikimedia Commons | |||
| Wikidata | |||
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | 150 | 186 | 415 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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)
1490000
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
950
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Provide the link to the financial report https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-hqxw4BQQtpROdcSWE_zqTZfPQQrQbJC/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=108153995667645348119&rtpof=true&sd=true
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)
No
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.
We have 10000 thousand Naira left due to bank charges
13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
B. Propose to use them to partially or fully fund a new/future grant request with PO approval
13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
I plan to use it in my future grants
14.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes Your response to the review feedback. 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 recommend more inclusion opportunities to be given to upcoming communities so that they can also contribute to wikipedia inclusively
Review notes[edit]
Review notes from Program Officer:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A