Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki4Inclusion Campaign in Tanzania Phase 2 (ID: 22916373)/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 training and edit-a-thons conducted in Dar es salaam and Arusha at Patandi Maalum Secondary School. We conducted two (2) trainings and editathons in Dar es salaam at the Open University of Tanzania and 1 training at Patandi Maalum Secondary after the Phase period because students were in holiday after examination period. They was a change in proposed project start date so this impacted some planned activities at school.
Also, we had online Wikiquote training for participants and videos and images uploads to Wikimedia Commons and our You Channel.
Generally, we trained on Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikiquote. The training and edit-a-thons resulted to a contribution of 73 Wikipedia articles translated from English to Swahili, 50 Images and videos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, 683 Wikidata items improved and 50 Wikiquote articles translated from English to Swahili.
The collaborative approach and team work played a big role for us as were able to implement our activities collaboratively with educational institutions (secondary schools and universities), deaf and sign language interpreters association as well as individuals. For instance, we were able to collaborate with the Open University of Tanzania through its department Assistive Technologies Unit in conducting our workshops at the university as well as Youth Tech and Dunia Salama Foundation in Arusha to implement our activity at Patandi Secondary School.
Moreover, being active on social media and wiki platforms built trust to our stakeholders and partners.
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: [1] Dar es salaam Workshops Event Registration Tool and Dashboard link: [2], [3] Patandi Maalum Secondary Sec. event (some participants failed to register due to IP-Address block): [4] Wikimedia Commons Phase 2 category: [5] Articles contributed on Swahili Wikiquote (Incubator):[6] Social media posts on our official Instagram account:[7] Event poster:[8]
![[8]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki4Inclusion_Campaign_in_Tanzania_Phase_2_Event_poster.png){kind=link}
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
1. Wiki Data presentation: [9] 2. Wikipedia presentation: [10] 3.Wkiiquote presenation:[11]
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 | 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: In Phase 2, i hope to learn how impactful the project will be after the implication of the sustainability plans and laying of a foundation in Phase 1 as well as best and creative ways on how we can support people with hearing impairment.
Sustainability plans that were laid in Phase 1 helped to strengthen our mission and we tried to collaborate with other stakeholders to be more impactful. Some observed challenges will be worked on as we move forward.
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, in some activities we faced short-term power-off due to unreliable electrical power supply, slow internet due to geographical position and IP-Address block problems which led to time consuming during the session taking into consideration that we are dealing with slow learners (hearing impaired people). Also, postponing of some sessions to align with school timetable and procedures due to the change of recommended grant timeline. We learned that our future plans of having owned hub would help much in solving some problems.
Also, we urge the Foundation to help in solving the problem of IP-Address block apart from creative ways that we do to overcome.
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)
I plan to share project learnings to upcoming Wiki Conferences and meetings where i'll be invited or accepted to present. Also to community organizers seeking for know-how in running similar activities and projects. Moreover, updating our project Meta-Wiki page regularly.
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 | 80 | 65 | |
| Number of editors | 80 | 65 | |
| Number of organizers | 6 | 6 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 | 73 | 402 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 50 | 50 | 10 |
| Wikidata | 50 | 2 | 683 |
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | |||
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | 50 | 50 | 10 |
| 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)
7324782
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
3000
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/16M3x-6OMPTC6LlwQi8QP-729fb-f2tBvn3dd5mxnnvs/edit?usp=sharing
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)
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A