Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Africa Côte d'Ivoire 2024 Fan Club (ID: 22458074)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 30 September 2024
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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[edit]- Applicant username: kamboo19
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 994
- Amount spent: 994 USD, 596897
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)
Five sessions took place.
2 Virtual training courses (Google Meet, WhatsApp) about:
- presenting Wiki Loves Africa, its objectives and its vision to participants
- presenting to participants good uploading practices on Wikimedia Commons and types of copyright accepted on Wikimedia Commons
- training participants on the choice of camera, the choice of optics (for those who have the possibility)
- training participants who use a mobile phone on: the right settings, the correct configuration and the applications that provide a cinematic rendering
The goal of the virtual trainings was to help participants put all the chances on their side in terms of image quality, sound quality and a better understanding of the theme
2 physical training workshops
3 physical meeting in the field with the participants to see how they implement the advice we have given them
4 days of shooting with the participants during the filming of their videos
1 final physical training workshop (to help participants improve their skills in videography and photography)
2 training workshop on how to properly edit their videos and best practices in video editing and help with editing participants videos
2 physical meetings for images uploading session
The images uploaded represented the theme "Africa Creates" linked to the environment of Ivory Coast. We achieved:
- uploading images of high visual and sound quality and highly related to theme « Africa Creates »
- training participants so that they acquire technical skills in quality videography and photography and in video editing and uploading their files to Wikimedia Commons
- and also training them in good uploading practices on Wikimedia Commons
We uploaded a total of 23 videos, 174 photos, 2 audios.
The most effective approach that helped us achieve the results was the focus on physical and virtual training and the support and guidance we provided to our participants.
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
All videos shot and uploaded and edited on Wikimedia can be found here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire_Fan_Club
All photographies shot and uploaded and the audios also, can be found on this following page:
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024_in_Ivory_Coast
See videos of our event through the following links
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Africa-creates-wiki-loves-africa-by-bouba-kams.webm
All the images of our event (photos and videos) can be found here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024/Countries
Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects can be seen here:
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
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
You can find those here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Africa-creates-wiki-loves-africa-by-bouba-kams.webm
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: We hope to learn how to build, grow and retain a community of creative participants who know how to contribute quality media files that can be used on Wikimedia projects.
We keep learning and implementing strategies on how to build, grow, and maintain a community of creative participants who know how to contribute to the creation of quality media files that can be used on Wikimedia projects.
And we continue to further promote the contest among young aspiring filmmakers and photographers to raise awareness about the Wiki Loves Africa project and why videography is important on Wikipedia.
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, Some of the participants who had registered to participate in the event were unable to attend the event due to personal reasons.
We planned and organized the Wiki Loves Africa 2024 competition with the aim of encouraging young filmmakers and young photographers to create quality videos and photographies for Wikimedia Commons.
And this time around we subscribed to a powerful internet solution. This allowed us to avoid internet connection problems.
We used a generator in anticipation of power outages. so everything went well.
The event was an exciting and enriching experience. It was challenging. But it was also beneficial, warm, friendly and full of exchange of ideas.
We, and the participants were very enthusiastic and very involved in the project.
One of our participant won the Best Short Clip: "Dying textiles in Côte d’Ivoire". You can see it on the winners announcement page here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2024/Winners
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)
Our plan is to share it on our dedicated WhatsApp group and on our newly created Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558502999315
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 | 25 | 16 | |
| Number of editors | 27 | 16 | |
| Number of organizers | 2 | 2 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |||
| Wikimedia Commons | 27 | 201 | 4 |
| Wikidata | |||
| 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)
Yes
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)
We are learning how to use tool forge and other collecting data tools from wikimedia.
Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
596897
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
994
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Provide the link to the financial report https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Rapid_Fund_Expense_for_Final_Report.pdf
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)
As co-organizer of the Wiki Loves Africa Côte d'Ivoire Fan Club contest, i am in charge of writing and submitting the report.
I deeply apologize for the delay (due to personal issues). Furthermore, the sudden death of facilitator Wilson Oluoha has deeply affected and destabilized me.
Fortunately, things are slowly starting to get back to normal.
Please accept my sincere apologies.
Thank you for granting us the grant for Wiki Loves Africa 2024.
Mansita Konaté (User:Numerik-3325)
Review notes
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Applicant's response to the review feedback.
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