Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki For Minorities Fula Project (1.0) (ID: 22759349)/Final Report

Wiki For Minorities Fula Project (1.0)

Rapid Fund Final Report

Report Status: Under review

Due date: 01 December 2024

Funding program: Rapid Fund

Report type: Final

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General information

Applicant username: Fulani215
Organization name: N/A
Amount awarded: 727.43
Amount spent: 727.43 USD, 178000

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 project commenced with a photo walk held on the 13th of October, 2024 at Dutse Galary and Museum with almost 15 members as attendees. The organizing team of this project had already gone to discuss with the museum and Dutse Emir Palace administrator as the Museum is located in the Palace that also help us to capture the rich cultural heritage of Dutse Kingdom, and also to inform them about our coming for a photo walk. We agreed on a fixed date which is 16th of October, 2024. We went to Saminu Turaki Tower as our second day for the continuation of our photo walk to document the culture of Fulfulde peoples, Saminu Turaki Galaxy is a symbolic place in Dutse town that tells story of how Fulani people first arrived Dutse town, we stayed there for an hour together with the instructor of the place to give us the necessary information we need to know about the place and we snapped the important aspects of the place. We also went to the Ajingi community where we snapped some pictures about the daily life of Fulfulde people with their cattle we met with the Ajingi Community head Mallam Ribadu Jauro to educate us about the migration of Ajingi Fula from Niger Republic down to Sokoto state, Daura Katsina State and to Jigawa State. We snapped different breeding of cattle grazing and drinking water from their local bunk, cattle of different size playing with each other, and how milking are being manual extracted, we have uploaded over (200) photos in commons that are directly related an tells story of Fulfulde language. The next thing in the agenda is online season on 17th October 2024 which begins with formal meeting with the president of National Association of Fulfulde student Federal university Dutse (FUD) and chairman of National Association of people with disability Jigawa Branch to deliberate on the area of collaboration and bring their members that are willing to join the movement of Wikipedia foundation, we have 25 volunteers from Fulfulde association and 16 volunteers from JONAPWD Jigawa state branch and open account for them, the online training sparked off our edith-a-thon. The edit-a-thon lasted from 25th of October to 25th of November 2024 with 36 participants in which we introduce Wikipedia to them, open account for them, and teach them how to contribute to the movement of Wikipedia foundation projects. There was 2 days physical training which happened to be the first Wiki for Minorities (WfMin) physical meetup in Northern Nigeria, the first training held at True Run luxury suite inside Dutse town were a welcoming speech by Fulani215 the project organizer followed by the Khadija Buderi a professor of linguistics from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and she is also a Native Fulfulde speaker which anchored the program for the day. Day 2 of the physical training held at National Association of Health and Medical Workers conference room inside Dutse town, we focused mostly on guiding our editors and also collecting feedback from them. A wikidata training was anchored by Bembety a fellow experienced Fulfulde editor from Gombe state to make sure they have the necessary knowledge of wikidata as a Wikipedia sister project, at the end of the training a Q&A season was introduced in other to allow the participant to ask questions, opinions and suggestion on how we can promote Fulfulde language forward together through Wikimedia foundation project.

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://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_for_Minorities_Fula_Project https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_audio_material_of_five_pillars_of_wikipedia.wav https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steps_to_Article_translation.wav https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Fulfulde_Community/Wiki_for_Minorities_Fula_Project_1.0/home https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_for_Minorities/Minori-Ties_Programme/Fula_Project_1.0 https://chat.whatsapp.com/EytlYOwyryv4dwRlZUvL86

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:An_audio_material_of_five_pillars_of_wikipedia.wav https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steps_to_Article_translation.wav https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=5d9a0b4fd9&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r-2885059963980956085&th=19037db1f30776b2&view=att&disp=safe&realattid=f_lxnuyze80 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=5d9a0b4fd9&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r-1067065394632617257&th=1904adaee3f734db&view=att&disp=safe&realattid=f_lxt4r2pf0 https://chat.whatsapp.com/EytlYOwyryv4dwRlZUvL86

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	Strongly agree
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives	Strongly agree
E. Encourage the retention of editors	Strongly agree
F. Encourage the retention of organizers	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: We are hoping to learned many skills which as a project lead of Wiki For Minorities Fula Project (1.0)we are hoping built tenacity in our User Group and extend the work of the community, we feel that we should have recruited new volunteers, and train them, team building, follow-up, we are hoping to improved some articles, translate and some pages created. We also expect to see related photos uploaded to showcase the Fulfulde culture through Wikimedia foundation project.

You can recall these learning questions under: I expect to have learned so many skills which as a project lead of Wiki for Minorities Fula Project 1.0 the first wiki for minorities physical meet up in Northern Nigeria. I committed to build a strong community and extended Fulfulde Wikipedia Community User Group. I considered recruiting new volunteers and train them, team building, follow-up for the promotion of Wikipedia. I also expect to see we engage in article translation, creating new page and uploading photos that tells story of Fulfulde culture in commons. 1. Technological knowledge: this project has shave my technical knowledge on so many Wikipedia sister project. 2. Organizational skills: I tenaciouness became our watch word throughout the program in which 2 day physical training held and 2 series of online training as while with our participant from JONAPAD and NAF Federal university Dutse, a communication channels was created for follow-up and collecting feedback from our participants. Over (500) articles were created and over (550) articles were improved a total of (78) picture were also uploaded, I have already fused the new editors to the Fulfulde Wikipedia community user group and I have followed them via our Whatsaap. Am always doing my best in answering any question that they may ask.

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)

There was group of 5 people during our third day of photo walk in Ajingi Community that ask us a question and decided to join the physical training, I learn that even people from rural areas love to see their language and culture is being document, so open account to them and their have gained the necessary knowledge of what is Wikipedia, its mission and vision in making knowledge accessible to everyone irrespective of its status. The 2 days physical training did not provide my target goal or objectives, it was when I prioritized the online training that i start recording a better result. I can see energy and passion on their eyes despite the poor internet connection in the area, we are hoping to carry another program in nearby community to introduce Wikipedia foundation project to the rest of the neighboring Ajingi Community.

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)

This will be done in our monthly meeting. I will also share the outcome of the project in the upcoming lunch of Yobe Wikipedia network as among the speaker of the event.

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
Number of participants	45	50
Number of editors	35	35
Number of organizers	3	3

Wikimedia project	Target	Result - Number of created pages	Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia	150	670	700
Wikimedia Commons	300	200	0
Wikidata	150	100	0
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)

178000

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

727.43

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/1aujHRsoE2grlJil9GS_Oanpm7kdp-eEcC-3_hSovRRQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

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

Review notes from Program Officer:

N/A

Applicant's response to the review feedback.

N/A