Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WIKI LOVES EARTH 2024 IN GHANA (ID: 22590731)/Final Report

WIKI LOVES EARTH 2024 IN GHANA

Rapid Fund Final Report

Report Status: Under review

Due date: 30 October 2024

Funding program: Rapid Fund

Report type: Final

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General information

Applicant username: Kwameghana(Bright Kwame Ayisi)
Organization name: N/A
Amount awarded: 4843.11
Amount spent: 1616.9 USD, 26375.8

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)

This year, during Wiki Loves Earth 2024 in Ghana, we were excited to welcome a new group from the Wikimedia community, the Tamale Wiki hub, located in the Northern Region of Ghana. They contributed images showcasing natural scenery from protected areas in the Northern Region and Bono Region. Additionally, some new participants uploaded their photos independently, without attending any of our organized photowalks. Throughout May to July, several new contributors utilized the WLE banner that was actively displayed. In all we had 68 participants contributing 1,727 total number of photos and videos with some being used in other wikis.

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

Please these are the links;

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2024_in_Ghana https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/PhotoHunt_Ghana/WIki_Loves_Earth_2024_in_Ghana_(1st_May,_2024_-_31st_July,_2024)/home https://www.instagram.com/wiki_loves_earth_in_ghana/ https://web.facebook.com/photohuntghana360 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-juE4MHx-VLo98AwAfTbNld0pjcDomqX. (Photos of Northern Sector) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rW4p321jN9phncoz4Z4iBy3GyGPFxuiu?usp=sharing ( Photos of Southern Sector) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2024/Winners#Ghana

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

https://wikiloves.toolforge.org/earth/2024/Ghana/users Most of our plans we discussed in a WhatsApp group

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	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

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: Southern Sector: To learn more of new participants' involvement, to see how they can effectively contribute to Commons.

Northern Sector: We want to learn more about how Ghana's northern natural heritage may be showcased and amplified globally, hence elevating our significance, through learning from Africa's natural environments. We hope to gain knowledge on how the northern Ghanaian heritage sites can have a beneficial social impact and foster knowledge sharing in an open space under a free license.

Southern Sector: We had new professional photographers joining in our photowalks for the southern sector, which has resulted in the quality or the enhancements in the photos we uploaded. In future, we like to retain these new photographers and encourage them to contribute more.

Northern Sector: The change we were trying to bring is centered around showcasing amazing, openly licensed photos of northern Ghana's landscapes and historical sites. To increase awareness of the cultural and natural significance of the region, these photos were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, where users may use them for free and incorporate them into Wikipedia articles. To achieve this objective in this year's Wiki Loves Earth campaign, we organized training, gifts for hard-working participants, photo walks, capturing images of natural heritage, and uploading them to Wikimedia Commons. At the end of the contest, we had a total of 491 images and videos uploaded, improved Wikipedia articles, and engaged with the community.

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)

Southern Sector: During Wiki Loves Earth 2024 in Ghana, extreme weather conditions prevented us from carrying out some of our planned photowalks. Even on the photowalks that we did complete, we were caught in rainstorms, including one on the tallest mountain in Ghana. In the future, we plan to provide participants with protective gear to ensure that no one is injured during such conditions.

Northern Sector: We anticipated some challenges in encouraging participants to consistently contribute to Wikimedia projects, but the enthusiastic response exceeded expectations. Many showed a high level of commitment to Wikimedia Commons training and actively engaged in editing sessions, indicating a strong interest in content creation. This taught us that clear guidance and accessible training can significantly enhance participation. Also, during our Wiki Loves Earth Campaign, inconsistent internet connectivity hindered our online sessions, early uploading of pictures and videos, and other editing activities. This issue taught us to plan for technical contingencies and include offline activities as a backup when internet access is limited.

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 planned our project learnings with other community members through planned events, community mailing list and Telegram or WhatsApp groups.

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	65
Number of editors	20	65	Many of them were uploaders and some linked the images with Wikipedia pages as the toolsforge website clearly exhibits.
Number of organizers	3	3

Wikimedia project	Target	Result - Number of created pages	Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons	1000	1727	69
Wikidata
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)

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

10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)

26375.8

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

1616.9

12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)

Upload the financial report

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?

Yes

13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.

45,824.104 Ghana Cedis Availability of participants at certain times and sometimes bad weather and security situation in some areas

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 will use it in the next Wiki Loves Earth or Wiki Loves Monuments or any other photo project.

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

Review notes from Program Officer:

N/A

Applicant's response to the review feedback.

N/A