Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/SheSaid Hausa 2025 - Phase III (ID: 23263142)/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)
We have successfully organised the SheSaid Campaign 2025 and succeeded in reaching out to many people especially women from Northern Nigeria. We have successfully trained 100 students from Katsina State Institute of Science and Management Technology over which majority are from the female gender. We also train 22 women from different women organisation including National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Matan Arewa, etc. We have trained them on how to edit Wikiquote and amplify women voices via Wikiquote. The approach of reaching out to ICT students since they have the technical skills needed to navigate Wikimedia Projects.
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
- Contest page on Incubator wiki: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wq/ha/Wiki_Loves_Women_SheSaid_Hausa_2025#Manaf205
- Hashtag tool: https://hashtags.wmcloud.org/?query=SHESAIDHA&page=96
- Some of the articles created during the event: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wq/ha/Funke_Akindele
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 reviewed previous achievements: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kYnXSEF2F3__3YjeIrBAnjfJirDvls5U/edit?slide=id.p2#slide=id.p2
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1Pu6K3TqkeR662mOxZkGULkW7TXpxHZTZ
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 | 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 | Strongly agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Strongly agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Agree |
| 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: Through this project, we want to answer the following questions:
- Are there cultural biases working against gender equality in Northern Nigeria?
- Are there voices yet to be heard within the project area?
- Are there areas that are yet to be reached within Hausa Communities?
- Will the planned partnerships spur effective collaboration and add to the number of active contributors?
- Will these new approaches help retain active contributors who stay and edit Wikiquote (and other Wikimedia Projects) even after the SheSaid
- Can we add up to the number of women quotations from local Hausa poets, artists, politicians, academics, etc on Wikiquote?
- These questions will be achieved via Structured survey to be answered by participants.
Through this project we identify that:
- there are cultural biases working against gender equality in Northern NIgeria and there are many voices yet to be heard across the project area.
- We partner and collaborated with Institutions and Women organisation and this bring more number of participants and awareness within the Hausa Communities.
- We register 100 new participants and add them on our social groups platforms for continuous mentorship and support
- we created and improved more than 3000 articles during the project. We added new articles from Hausa native poets and speakers and we'll continue to do so.
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)
We saw a lot of commitment from our new participants and this shows that the project goals are achieved and there is a need for continued activities for mentorship
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 will create a diff page.
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 | 500 | 500 | We reached more than 500 people during our online and offline awareness campaigns |
| Number of editors | 100 | 120 | We trained 100 students from Katsina State Institute of Science and Technology Management (KSITM) in Katsina, and 20 women from different Women Groups in Kaduna. |
| Number of organizers | 7 | 10 | Due to insecurity challenges in the Northern States, we encourage facilitators to participate in their places |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |||
| Wikimedia Commons | |||
| Wikidata | |||
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | 1000 | 2000 | 1000 |
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | 250 | 15 | 150 |
| 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)
Yes
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)
The hashtag tool was efficient in counting number of edits, but we find it very difficult to asses number of contributions made by each participant during the event.
Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
5057760
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
3292.03
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/1aNeENele661JZCrzMG9dqHaRdnkrBby45qrQUP65ecA/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 have slight increase in hall rent costs, food costs, transport etc. However we were able to maintain within the proposed budget. All funds were used according to the Wikimedia Foundation mission
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)
The SheSaid Hausa Campaign has become an important campaign within the Hausa Community, we hope to continue inspiring and creating awareness for women visibility in Northern Nigeria.