Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Nepal (ID: 22978581)/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)
First of all, we divided our tasks on two formats: Online and Offline co-ordination. The online calls and coordination is handled by Nirmal Dulal and the offline calls and coordination is executed by Nabin K. Sapkota. Under Online operation we approached numerous photographers and photography organizations for their contributions and support. Under offline operation we executed open call photo-walk and awareness sessions under stand alone and collaboration format.
Well, we approached to group of photographers and photography team to assist our photowalk collaborativily and independently, which actually helped us to diversify our events.
In addition we've cunducted online editathon in Nepali Wikipedia to place the photographs in desired articles.
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
Meet-up, Photowalk and awareness sessions:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Nepal/Events/Wiki_Loves_Earth_2025_in_Nepal/Activities Winners and event analysis: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Nepal/Events/Wiki_Loves_Earth_2025_in_Nepal Stats Graph and Metrics: https://wikiloves.toolforge.org/country/Nepal Online editathon in Nepali Wikipedia: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedians_of_Nepal/Wiki_Loves_Earth_2025_in_Nepal_Edit-A-Thon Social media Awareness: https://www.facebook.com/WLENepal Publication: https://techpana.com/2025/150758?fbclid=IwY2xjawMCngdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFUaDJwSjlGWFdUVXZUSjdMAR4PH8dlOw9gEYWr5-Q8Kfn6ijnbLQG_jjqv5dt2BetfNv0N_dWYLF4enUXx9Q_aem_KhXXKIH1qtg5BjZLWOHAaA
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
Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11JE69wTkHDLDCo6IIq9Qy5QgxAVIyM_D/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108445861617618620462&rtpof=true&sd=true Winners: https://www.facebook.com/WLENepal/videos/1502155711156609
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 | Neither agree nor disagree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Strongly agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Neither agree nor disagree |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | 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: In this project through collaborations with numerous parties and associates we hope to build a strong and productive enthusiastic task force to create and distribute the free and open knowledge to everyone needed.
Year by year we're experimenting and executing different ideas and ways to make the event more broder and enthusiastic as we move forward. This time we pushed our outreach event even furthur by initiating 3 Photo Trek in search of more species of Flora and fauna upto the elevation of 18372 feet (5612 m) from sea level. There's where we learn how to co-ordinate, collaborate and execute events with local involvements and associates in minimum resources available.
So, something we again overcame this year as well is a cross organisational collaborations with various field related organisations during photo-walks and awareness sessions. Afterwards, we do have hope and believe to continue such mutual ventures in future as well.
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)
Well, the continuation our first phototrek initiation did bought us so many surprises and realization during the event. We again didn't actually planed for Photo-trek as we were targetting for National Parks from Lower Terai regions of Nepal but we ended up dividing our team and budget over all Himalaya, Hilly and Terai reason of Nepal covering nearby boders of both neighbouring country India and China.
Although we believe we're still struggling to reach more specific unexplored placesand photographers and photography groups to reach our targets, we believe to keep on walking and looking forward for more coming year.
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)
Well, we've not publicly shared our journey via blog or portal at the moment. But, we definatily looking forward to share our timeline and progessive stories with Wikimedia Community via blogs and here in local story cover portal soon as we assemble all the information.
Additionally, we've created specific pages of the event activities and shared publicly and community members via Telegram groups and social media:
Photowalks, Outreach and awareness events: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Nepal/Events/Wiki_Loves_Earth_2025_in_Nepal/Activities Featured, Valued and Quality Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quality_images_from_Wiki_Loves_Earth_2025_in_Nepal Features, Good side and bad side and Metrics : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Nepal/Events/Wiki_Loves_Earth_2025_in_Nepal Winners: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2025_in_Nepal/Winners Felicitation Program:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Nepal/Events/Wiki_Loves_Earth_2025_in_Nepal/Felicitation_Program Online editathon in Nepali Wikipedia: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedians_of_Nepal/Wiki_Loves_Earth_2025_in_Nepal_Edit-A-Thon
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 | 100 | 156 | 123 (79%) - New participants
33 (21%) - Returning participants |
| Number of editors | 25 | 35 | Around 35+ editors during awareness sessions and online editathon |
| Number of organizers | 3 | 2 | N/A |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 | 7 | 60 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 1000 | 1445 | 18 |
| Wikidata | 50 | 15 | 60 |
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | |||
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | |||
| Wikivoyage | 20 | 0 | 15 |
| Wikibooks | |||
| Wikiversity | |||
| Wikinews | |||
| Wikispecies | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 | |||
| Wikimedia Commons | 1000 | |||
| Wikidata | 50 | |||
| Wikivoyage | 20 | |||
| Wikispecies | 20 |
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)
644350
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
4489.69
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/1D7I4s5gYYi10zeFCJmjf2zB-peeRnw0q/edit?gid=1444343931#gid=1444343931
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