Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiForHumanRights 2024 in Rwanda (ID: 22590912)/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 successfully conducted the project where the workshops for the project launch , the edit a thons and the blogs as well as short video were produced and shared on wider community platforms for awareness. Speakers shared their experiences and inspired the participants on articles related to human rights and rights to information . This project also led to the recruitment and retaining of new contributors where more new editors were from Kepler University and this resulted in overall 52 contributors where 19 were newly recruited contributors. 129 articles were created.
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
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/08/07/wiki-for-human-rights-2024-in-rwanda/ https://web.facebook.com/watch/?v=445071545071088 https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/WikiMedia_UserGroup_Rwanda/WikiForHumanRights2024inRwanda
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://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WIKI_4_Human_right_2024_in_Rwanda_Opening_presentation.pdf https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies
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 | 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 | 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: - How can availability of land use rights information relating to Rwanda on Wikipedia and sister projects help the local population learn about the topics?
- What are the effective strategies for engaging the Rwandan people to contribute land use rights related information on Wikimedia projects?
- What level of knowledge on the topics can be improved through the campaign?
this has created a great awareness of the services for landuse planning and the articles contributed to cover many other aspects of the rights to information , youth engagement was real and they contributed significantly in discussions as well as in the whole project edit a thons
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)
the level of participation was very high and the gender inclusivity was recommendable.
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 continue to engage the participants and many more other through social media engagement and this will result in recruitment of new members and the community engagement on the rights to information on lands and environment .
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 | 35 | 110 | |
| Number of editors | 30 | 52 | |
| Number of organizers | 1 | 3 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 | 90 | 39 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 60 | ||
| Wikidata | 20 | 6 | 1 |
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | |||
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | |||
| Wikivoyage | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 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)
6143096
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
4791
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/1EC4KVJWeA0ETutkxDd93sLkQnG8CcWSQhBQq2AEa3Lc/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)
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:
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Applicant's response to the review feedback.
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