Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki4Inclusion Campaign in Tanzania (ID: 22680145)/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)
The implemented activities were trainings and edit-a-thons, online and in-persons. We were able to conduct trainings to sign language interpreters and people with hearing impairment from deaf associations, university students and secondary school students from Patandi Maalum Secondary school based in Arusha, Tanzania.
We had a plan of 3 trainings and edithons but we extended to 6, hence we were able to launch a Wiki4inclusion club at Patandi Maalum Secondary School where we conducted 3 sessions on different days (day.1-3). Also, we conducted 2 in-person events (training and editathon) in Dar es salaam plus online meet ups. All these activities were accompained by a motivational competition for participants and awarding the top most 5 contributors - the Dar es salaam group and Patandi Maalum Wiki4Inclusion club (deafs and sign language interpreters).
Also, we produced and uploaded videos and images on Wikimedia Commons and other videos are now available on our newly established YouTube Channel.
The approaches of collaboration and team work were most effective in achieving these results as we collaborated with a few experienced Wikimedians to facilitate and support newbies as well as checking contents developed. These also assisted in organizing events in collaboration with sign language interpreters.
Moreover, engaging education stakeholders such as Ministry of education, university and secondary school officers through their offices built a conducive environment and a go-ahead to implement our activities.
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 Meta page: (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania)
Wiki Commons project category:
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania) Including all videos,images and infographics.
Instagram page:
(https://www.instagram.com/wikiforinclusion_tz/profilecard/?igsh=MWhvdmhsamtmNDZhNQ==)
Swahili Wikipedia articles worked on: (https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamii:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania)
X (Twitter) page : (https://x.com/wiki4inclusion?t=1LAyiL98zejEw8Koi-FYvw&s=08)
Facebook page: (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563833442578)
Videos : (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Videos_of_Tanzanian_Sign_Language)
Graphics: 1. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania_project_summary.jpg)
2. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania_event_poster_02.png)
3. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania_event_poster_03.png)
4.(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania_event_poster.png)
Dashboards links: 1.(https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Individual/Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania)
Event Registration Tool links: 1.(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania)
2.(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania_Online_Meet-ups)
YouTube channel link: (https://www.youtube.com/@Wiki4InclusionTanzania-r6q) Direct video link: (https://www.youtube.com/@Wiki4InclusionTanzania-r6q/videos)
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
Wikipedia presentation: (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PZrJXjI8SpbDNfm_sAzKK5RTSafUU4ZZgPcUqu0r7Tg/edit#slide=id.g2116f6182a4_1_17)
Wikidata presentation:(https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zTzlc7qOljVOorsCEqIKWUkANIm1KUsOxHNtlH0wP00/edit#slide=id.g5d8a0e235924532e_7)
Wikimedia Commons presentation: (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JFPAZlA12hdGlyHtn4m5joibaqh5B_Y9/view?ts=6707ec47)
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 | Strongly agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Strongly 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: I expect to learn how changes can positively impact the life of people especially with hearing impairment. Bridging the gap and providing a digital space for the deaf and related stakeholders will add value to the movement's goals and vision of letting every single human being free to share sum of all knowledge. Also, I'm expecting to learn the impact of team work leading to the desirable goals of the project.
This project has been crucial to the underserved community (sign language interpreters and the deaf people) in my country as they had never passed through such experience. Through collaboration and team work we were able to push our targets and achieve desirable goals than a single individual could achieve. This has resulted to establishment of a Wiki4Inclusion secondary school club and supportive editors group as well as media contents for our channels. The project now is on a sustainability plan and we expect the same support from the Foundation and other stakeholders for our next move (Phase. 2).
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)
Having a guest from the ministry of education - Meru district in Arusha, attending our the first training session at Patandi Maalum Secondary School. An education officer for special education (secondary schools) joined us and received training with other participants to feel the experience. This also paved a way to establishment of a Wiki4Inclusion club at the school with the first intake of 20 participants, we are expecting to enroll others in the second round.
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)
Just like I introduced the project at Wiki Student Summit 2024 which happened on 16 - 18 July 2024 in Arusha where I was invited to share the Wiki Indaba 2023 learnings, and Wiki4Inclusion Campaign In Tanzania being among impacts brought about by the Wiki Indaba conference, I'll also share the learnings in other upcoming events (national and international wise), community meet-ups and other platforms such as Meta and Diff.
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 | 60 | 83 | Event Registration Tool:
1. (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania) 2.(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania_Online_Meet-ups) |
| Number of editors | 60 | 83 | Event Registration Tool:
1. (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania) 2.(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania_Online_Meet-ups) |
| Number of organizers | 5 | 5 | Event Registration Tool:
1. (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania) 2.(https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania_Online_Meet-ups) 3. (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania_training_at_Patandi_Maalum_Sec._School) |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 | 125 | 626 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 50 | 80 | 80 |
| Wikidata | 50 | 78 | 1082 |
| 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
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
11650000
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
4455.53
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/1mFiCf5buuDxmhgsrjasbEo5ysm3XQbZ_2BEBceeWWtI/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
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)
We expect to continue producing or upload produced contents for our YouTube channel and Wikimedia Commons, so metrics in our main categories may change by increasing time after time. Also this may apply to other projects when we'll organize meet - ups and edit-a-thons with our groups for sustainability purpose.
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
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Applicant's response to the review feedback.
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