Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Africa 2024:Africa Create in North Eastern Nigeria (ID: 22391585)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2024-04-19T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Applicant username: De-Invincible
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 1772.09
- Amount spent: 1869.54 USD, 1494169.5
Part 1: Project and impact[edit]
1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
- Event Launch and Training: we kick started the event by introducing our community members to the Wiki Loves Africa 2024 edition. We targeted 50 and end up training 60 participants in the launching session. The participants were trained on how to upload images on Wikimedia Commons and how to assign them to the designated proper categories.
- Photowalks: the team of organizers of this local WLA campaign embarked on photowalks were we travelled across northeastern states including Borno, Yobe, Bauchi and Gombe states. During this tour, we were able to capture over 400 good quality, beautiful random pictures related to the 2024 theme of WLA: Africa Create.
- Upload sessions: We met again for another physical session with the most experience editors from the community were we distributed the captured photographs among them and they used them in hands-on practical sessions with the participants especially the newly recruited ones, that way it makes it easier to upload the images during the upload sessions and also help the new participants to learn the photo upload real quick. That also helped them in building their spirits to hunt more images on their own and upload them which the team kept monitoring up to the end of the event period.
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 page on Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024_by_Fulfulde_Wikimedians_Community
- Dashboard link: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Commons/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024_Campaign_in_North_East_Nigeria/home
- Some photos uploaded:
- Event photographs: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category%3AImages_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024_by_Fulfulde_Wikimedians_Community&redlink=1#
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
We used our adapted training materials including the video documentaries and slides used.
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[edit]
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: 1. Our first participation of the year 2023 Wiki Loves Africa campaign was a huge success, we therefore hope to learn if we would be able to maintain such impact and whether we can achieve even more greater success this year that would be celebrated across the Wikimedia movement.
2. We hope to grade the capacity of our community to run a contest of this scale.
3. We hope to make our community members feel completely engaged and attached to the Wikimedia movement by participating in this international campaign.
1. We learned that if we can maintain our stand by keeping on organizing WLA we would be able to continue expanding our impact within our language speaking community and the northern region in general.
2. We are able to realize that our community has the strength to keep on running Wiki Loves Africa event because of the team were able to handle the event smoothly.
3. We believe and realize how greatly international campaigns like WLA impact our community members in a positive way, we vividly see how they cultivated sense of belonging and become relaxed to keep on the journey of ensuring free knowledge for humanity through Wiki projects.
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, just when we were about to end the event and begin writing this report happened an unforeseen circumstance. We had a blackout in the northeast axis resulting from vandals as can read in this report: https://gazettengr.com/four-towers-vandalised-electricity-supply-to-gombe-yola-jalingo-affected-tcn/. This affected our report writing as there were no electricity to charge our phones and the instability caused by the action resulted in in hardships to livelihood due to scarcity of water for domestic use and the likes.
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)
The outcome of this concluded activity was shared with the community members on our dedicated WhatsApp group.
Part 3: Metrics[edit]
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 | 50 | 60 | Outreach Dashboard tool and attendance register |
| Number of editors | 30 | 30 | Outreach Dashboard tool |
| Number of organizers | 7 | 7 | Outreach Dashboard tool |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 | 285 | 627 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 300 | 614 | 50 |
| Wikidata | 28 | 281 | |
| 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)
1494169.5
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
1869.54
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/1k9dNfAO7MPO7eJ18_IsUoGUeKgwTfNTP/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=104095849593712434994&rtpof=true&sd=true
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 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[edit]
Review notes from Program Officer:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A