Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 in Benin (ID: 22458825)/Final Report

Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 in Benin

Rapid Fund Final Report

Report Status: Under review

Due date: 2024-07-17T00:00:00Z

Funding program: Rapid Fund

Report type: Final

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General information[edit]

Applicant username: Fawaz.tairou
Organization name: N/A
Amount awarded: 1800
Amount spent: 1800 USD, 1075000

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)

During this contest, we've implemented several activities:

Promotion and Outreach:

Organized campaigns on our social media (facebook and telegram/whatsapp groups) to raise awareness about the contest. Collaborated with local cultural organizations, photographers and influencers to reach a wider audience.

Workshops and Training:

Conducted workshops to educate participants on how to contribute to Wikimedia Commons. Provided training sessions on photography techniques and the documentation of folklore.

Contest Facilitation:

Established a clear set of guidelines and criteria for submissions during workshops. Assisted participants to manage submissions and ensure adherence to the contest rules.

Community Engagement:

Engaged with photographers to encourage participation and collect diverse representations of Beninese folklore. Organized local events and photo walks (Ouidah, Abomey, Bohicon, ...) to facilitate the capture of folklore-related content.

Evaluation and Recognition:

Formed a jury to evaluate submissions, using Montage tool. Organized an award ceremony to recognize and reward the best contributions.

Results Achieved

High Participation: A significant increase in the number of participants and submissions compared to previous year. Diverse Content: Collected a wide range of photographs representing various aspects of Beninese folklore. Community Building: Strengthened the local Wikimedia community.

Most Effective Approaches Collaborations and Partnerships:

Partnering with organizations and influencers helped reach a larger and more diverse audience.

Hands-On Workshops:

Providing practical training and support through workshops was crucial in equipping participants with the necessary skills and knowledge. Workshops times where periods with great levels of contributions

Local Engagement:

Engaging directly with local communities and organizing on-the-ground activities helped in gathering authentic and varied folklore content.

Effective Communication:

Clear and consistent communication through social media and other channels ensured that participants were well-informed and motivated.

These approaches collectively contributed to the successful implementation and outcome of the Wiki Loves Folklore contest in Benin in this year 2024.

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 : https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2024_in_Benin

Dashboards and Wiki Loves Competitions Tools :

Events pages :

Uploaded photos :

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2024_in_Benin

Photos of events :

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://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13HJvEaA39DEl16j9WvN0sf-Xi2p3gKFqV6CHtQHdG_4/edit?usp=sharing https://prezi.com/view/r6MtAidI8Bom5ixjR1Qb/

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	Agree
F. Encourage the retention of organizers	Strongly agree
G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement	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: Project management Raising public awareness of Benin's folklore, ... improvement of old partnerships and detection of new ones

This project helped us improve our project management skills. It helps us raise awareness, meet communities, and discuss Benin's folklore. We've also worked with public authority to get accreditation to take pictures during festivals.

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)

People attending our meeting online had faced issues in registering on the Event page and outreach dashboard.

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)

After the awards ceremony, our social networks will promote the best pictures. We've also used the project learnings in the Wiki Loves Africa project, which theme this year 2024, is Africa create.

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	60	73
Number of editors	30	19	Only 19 participants uploaded pictures during the contest's period and 17 registered on the contest's outreach dashboard.
Number of organizers	3	3

Wikimedia project	Target	Result - Number of created pages	Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia	30	39	47
Wikimedia Commons	500	554	56
Wikidata	100	1	38
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	Target	Result	Tools and comments
fon wikipedia articles	10	37	https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikim%C3%A9diens_du_B%C3%A9nin_User_group/Editathon_-_Wiki_loves_folklore_2024_in_Benin/articles/edited?newness=new&wiki=fon.wikipedia

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)

1075000

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

1800

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/13wj0mwSyPzqO01oDnkAL1PfmNCmdYqy00qyqQEhxTgo/edit?usp=sharing

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)

Thanks to all the committee members, on behalf of our user group for making this happen in our country.

Review notes[edit]

Review notes from Program Officer:

N/A

Applicant's response to the review feedback.

N/A