Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WIKI-GREEN CONFERENCE 2024 (ID: 22585669)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 01 October 2024
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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[edit]- Applicant username: User:NanaYawBotar
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 4954.35
- Amount spent: 4954.35 USD, 64384
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)
Implemented Activities and Results Achieved:
The project was executed in multiple phases, starting with community visits to the Ashanti Region and Greater Accra to map stakeholders and assess their knowledge on sustainable development. This helped in designing a need-based workshop, guided by sustainable development experts, which ensured effective engagement.
The next phase involved building a list of articles related to sustainable development, identified through community insights and desktop research. These articles were curated to address knowledge gaps and were selected for translation into Twi and Ghana Pidgin languages.
The third phase focused on collaboration with the Twi Department at KNUST and the Ghana Pidgin Wikimedian Community to recruit and train 25 translators. Each team of translators, consisting of seasoned and new volunteers, was paired to translate and record five articles within 14 days, promoting collaboration.
During the main conference, a workshop was conducted for 50 stakeholders, including NGOs, youth groups, and traditional leaders. The workshop showcased the translation work and provided training on using Wikimedia projects for sustainable development advocacy. Sign language assistance ensured inclusivity.
After the conference, a 5-day social media campaign was launched to promote the project's outcomes, emphasizing inclusion and language diversity in sustainability efforts, with links to related Wikipedia articles.
Effective Approaches:
- Stakeholder Mapping: Helped in designing targeted workshops that addressed real knowledge gaps.
- Collaborative Article Translation: Enhanced engagement and the quality of outputs by pairing experienced and new volunteers.
- Partnerships with Educational and Community Groups: Leveraged existing relationships to ensure successful training and Surveys and their results.
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
To document the impact of the Wiki-Green Conference 2024, the following resources was used:
Meta-Wiki Project Page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki-Green_Conference_2024
Contribution tracking was monitored via the event dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wiki-Green_Initiatives/Wiki-Green_Conference_2024
Photos and Videos from the event, are available the following categories: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki-Green_Conference_2024 https://www.flickr.com/photos/world-inspiring-network/albums/with/72177720319567313
Social Media Post: https://x.com/green_wiki/status/1820466109507928340 https://x.com/green_wiki/status/1820456420040474660 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wikigreeninitiative_accra-climate-wikigreenconference2024-activity-7213604268484751360-Jppy https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wikigreeninitiative_wikigreen2024-environmentalsteward-climateaction-activity-7225479981060038656-7uVt
Community Surveys report: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Community_Engagement_Report_-_Praso.pdf
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
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 | Strongly agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Strongly agree |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | Strongly 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: In working on this fund proposal, my aim is to learn how to create engaging training sessions for Wikimedians. I want to figure out ways to cover topics that interest participants and keep them motivated. Also, I'm eager to discover how to get volunteers from like-minded organizations involved to make our projects successful.
Moreover, I'm interested in getting better at spreading the word about Wikimedia projects in local communities. I believe this will help get more people involved and excited about what we're doing. Overall, I hope to learn a lot that will help me create fun training programs for Wikimedians and improve my grant writing skills.
The implementation of the Wiki-Green Conference 2024 provided several key learnings from as a grantee and an organizer. These learning includes:
1. Using interactive and hands-on training sessions which were effective in keeping participants engaged and motivated. I will incorporate these elements to enhance learning experiences in future programs .
2. I have improved on my skills of creating relevant Content for programs. Through organizing the conference I was able to aligning training topics with participants' interests, which was gathered through
the conducted surveys, This ensured that the sessions were valuable.
3. Partnering with local organizations enriched the project by bringing diverse perspectives and resources. Future initiatives will continue to seek similar collaborations.
4. Effective communication strategies, including social media and workshops, were essential for community engagement. Structured outreach plans will be developed to sustain local interest.
5. Writing the grant proposal highlighted the importance of clear articulation of goals. My future grant writing will benefit from these insights, making the proposals more focused and compelling..
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)
During the implementation of the Wiki-Green Conference 2024, a few unexpected situations arose:
1.The call for volunteers saw unexpectedly high enthusiasm, particularly from younger community members, leading to increased engagement and highlighted the potential for future projects to attract a more diverse group of contributors. However, this interest created logistical challenges, as the number of volunteers who supported in the per-conference events and wished to attend the conference exceeded the budgeted capacity for in-person participants.
2. Working with local organizations and institutions was more successful than expected, bringing in extra resources and volunteers. However, managing activities across different locations was challenging due to scheduling conflicts and delays in distributing resources. This taught the team the importance of coordinating early with partners to avoid such issues.
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)
Through social media handles, diff post and Local online new portals;
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 | 50 | |
| Number of editors | 40 | 40 | |
| Number of organizers | 3 | 3 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 | 50 | 65 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 | 100 | 20 |
| Wikidata | 100 | 66 | 73 |
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | |||
| 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)
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)
One of the challenges faced was relying solely on the outreach dashboard to collect data. Since the dashboard tracks all edits by participants, it also records contributions to unrelated topics, making it difficult to isolate edits specific to the project's focus.
In the future, we plan to explore how to use the dashboard to filter edits and add tags based on pre-selected topics or categories. This will help ensure that only relevant contributions are included in the project's data analysis.
Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
64384
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
4954.35
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/1Zke88Qr9TygCZZxD0BW5CMgEBW-DSUdybjeFlagWeEs/edit?gid=0#gid=0
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)
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 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)
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A