Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Africa 2025:Farm to Plate in North Eastern Nigeria (ID: 22824768)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 01 May 2025
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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[edit]- Applicant username: De-Invincible
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 1260.38
- Amount spent: 1260.38 USD, 2104000
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)
We did our very best in carrying the executed/implemented activities by following thoroughly the planned approaches as designed in our submitted application. The step by step processes and approaches we followed during the cause of implementing these activities are explained here:
- Outreach Campaign: we embarked on both physical and online outreach campaigns. For the physical outreach, this year we bring something new and unique that added more flavor to our campaign, more fun and memorable and that is a ‘SONG’. Yes, we made a WLA campaign song that we used to attract public attentions during the outreach campaigns and arouse their curiosity to learn more about what we were campaigning for. The flyers and posters we distribute gave brief insight to the people. For the social media, we made posts through the community handles on platforms including WhatsApps Groups, X (formally Twitter), Bluesky and Facebook, an example is the: the post we made on X announcing the commencement of the contest. Also community members were encouraged to share and made similar posts on their individual social media accounts.
- Workshop/Training Sessions: we gathered the interested individuals who registered to participate in the training session through the information they provided on the Google form, we trained them on the basics of Wikimedia Commons, introduced them to the campaign page on Commons, show them the necessary elements like using proper category, WLA upload wizards and also gave chance to our expert photographers where they introduced them to mobile phone photography and editing using Snapseed and Photoshop.
- Photohunts: local transportation was arranged for interested community members were we embarked on a photowalk across places including farms, markets food vendors’ events etc. where we gather images related to the 2025 WLA campaign theme: “Farm to Plate”.
- Upload Sessions: a session for uploads was organized where the well experienced editors lead the newbies on how to upload their entries properly and that ensured minimal amount of errors and poor uploads as compared to our previous year campaign.
The music we used adds more fun to our physical outreach and ease our efforts to attract people, the training sessions added experience to our community members and the newbies also the social media campaigns helped keep our community online presence being active and involved.
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 Wikimedia Commons: https://w.wiki/CyRN
- Link to the Dashboard tool used to track contributions:
- Some photos or videos from the event: https://w.wiki/DoxU
- Some important social media posts: on X, on Facebook
- Event Registration page on Meta-Wiki: https://w.wiki/Dox6
- Infographics and sound files: Ptools showing the uploaded files information
- Examples of photos uploaded on Wikimedia Commons: images uploaded
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
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. During our past two times participation of the year 2023 and 2024 Wiki Loves Africa campaigns, huge successes were achieved, 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. In what way did participation in WLA make our community members feel engaged and become attached to the Wikimedia movement?
3. How can you rate your overall performance in this year's campaign when compared to previous years?
4. What do you hope to do different in the coming year to make your campaign even more exciting?
- We learned that with continuing efforts, team work and proper implementation we wouldn't only just achieved our previous success but surpassed our previous achievements.
- As in the case of our previous participation in WLA campaign, our community members cultivate sense of belonging and exhibits spirits of connection to the movement. To some, WLA is a way of displaying our community members’ ability, skills and strength when it comes to quality contributions to Wikimedia projects.
- We can say this time around we have a more engaging interactive sessions and joyful moments. We also had more new faces during the workshop. The past experience has helped us in making this event a better. Introducing the participants to mobile phone photo editing has completely shift the dynamics of the participants’ uploaded photographs. So, overall, we say can say there is a significant improvement compared to last year campaign.
- This year we introduced a campaign song and have seen how effective and impactful it has become in transforming our campaign strategies to better. Next time, we plan to introduce the partcipants to the narrative video editing skills to help them learn how to submit video entries for both the local and international WLA campaigns, we will also introduce Wiki Loves Africa local prizes for Video and other initiatives like short videos of the sessions capturing memorable times, a campaign video that can be posted on our social media accounts as well as play during the trainings/upload sessions.
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, this year we witnessed a 50% increase in data prices after tariff hike in Nigeria. This happened after we have already planned and received funds for the campaign leaving us behind with the challenges of restructuring the participants' data reimbursements part of our financial budget. Though it was challenging, we were happy that we were able to make it work somehow and achieve a high success. Moreover, many other participants especially women couldn't get the chance to give it their best due to the Ramadan customs and traditions that restricted their complete availability for the campaign.
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 already shared the outcome of this implemented activities and learnings with the community members through our community group on WhatsApp.
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 | 50 | We registered and trained fifty participants as recorded on the Google registration form and Dashboard Tool. |
| Number of editors | 30 | 25 | We had 25 experienced editors uploaded photographs and other visuals relating to the 2025 Wiki Loves Africa theme: Farm To Plate on Commons. They also help edits/improved some articles and Wikidata items related to the theme. |
| Number of organizers | 7 | 7 | We had all the five organizers present and 2 additional photographers who helped with sharing their photography skills as well as in selecting the winners of the local contest within our community. |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 | 192 | 393 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 300 | 1153 | 93 |
| Wikidata | 50 | 169 | 44 |
| 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)
2104000
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
1260.38
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Upload the financial report
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