Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves For Rural Works (ID: 22590894)/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)
From July to October, the team has successfully achieved the following:
- We have managed to contribute a good number of 1183 high-quality photographic documentation to Wikimedia Commons. We have documented the amount of freely licensed material related to rural works in Rwanda in 3 districts: Muhanga, Rwamagana, and Bugesera, from 1 July to 31 October 2024:
- In this 1st phase, we have so far created a set of 549 related articles on Wikipedia.
- We have also contributed 155 articles to Wikidata
- We managed to recruit newcomers from different institutions to join and participate in the competition. They came from rural areas mainly from 3 districts: Muhanga, Bugesera, and Rwamagana.
The six best contributors were rewarded with amazing prizes in recognition of their efforts towards the success of the project.
- We had an increase in the quantity and quality of articles on,https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda.
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 Meta-Wiki or any other Wikimedia project: Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves For Rural Works (ID: 22590894) Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia/Wiki_Loves_for_Rural_Works Some photos or videos from your event. Remember to share access. You can also share links to:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WIKI_LOVES_FOR_RURAL_WORK_2024_IN_RWANDA_HIGHLIGHT_VIDEO.webm
Important social media posts: https://x.com/WLFRWorks2024 Surveys and their results Infographics and sound files Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects: 1. https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koperative_Isano, 2. https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gashora_Farm_PLC, 3. https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koperative_ya_IPAM
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
Training materials and guides: Wiki Loves For Rural Works training material: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_for_Rural_Works_in_Rwanda_2024_slides.pdf Work progress and plans: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_6rIiHcIUmGqoKOUrotlZBoscD_7I2XqhJZfGOY9j8/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Event Page: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:1Lib1Ref2024_Wiki_Loves_for_Rural_Works# Copy right training: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Training_material_on_Copyright_in_Rwanda.pdf WLRW category: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_For_Rural_Works_2024_in_Rwanda WLRWs Flyers: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WIKI-LOVES-FOR-RURAL-WORKS-flyer.jpg WLRWs highlight video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WIKI_LOVES_FOR_RURAL_WORK_2024_IN_RWANDA_HIGHLIGHT_VIDEO.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
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: I expect that this project will increase the number of active contributors to Wikimedia projects through the training approach that we will use to train them and the intention to follow up, this project will also be a great opportunity to expand the network which will also help the participants to contribute with confidence as they will have someone to ask whenever they face problems while contributing as they will be paired with the experienced editors who will also guide them. Participants, especially newcomers, will receive ongoing mentorship and support to ensure that they can successfully create and improve articles on Wikipedia. I expect this project to generate a lot of contributions to Wiki Common, Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia projects (Wikidata, Wiki Sources, etc).
- During the training sessions, participants had so many questions that we can plan to have a longer, more interactive Q&A session next time.
- We need to make sure that the project team is well-versed in answering any question about Wikipedia without hesitation and is ready to answer any question that might come out either online or in person. we are planning to develop an accessible FAQ guide to support newbies to get basic knowledge on Wikipedia platforms.
- It was better for us to use different ways to help newcomers from rural areas understand Wikipedia and how to efficiently contribute to Wikiprojects.
- Before the event started, we played the Wikipedia videos and shared our experiences so that the audience could better understand what the project intended to achieve and its positive impact on selected rural areas and communities in Rwanda. Next time, we will increase the number of physical events to facilitate real-time discussions.
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)
- Positive:**
Leaders from different NGOs were very excited about the project and they participated in different training sessions. New editors were showing so much interest. New photographers has showed up as well and were very excited about Wikicommons and sharing their photo with the world.
- The negative:**
Some participants that attended the event in person showed up a bit late, so we had to commence the local meetup 30 minutes after the actual time.
Next time, we will try all our best to ask participants the times that could best sweet their timeslot and set up our event 30 minutes after our actual agreed upon event time.
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)
As we have successfully completed Phase One of Wiki Loves Rural Works, where the focus was to increase the amount of freely licensed material related to rural works in Rwanda in 3 districts: Muhanga, Rwamagana and Bugesera, Our plan for the next PHASE II is to increase the amount of freely licensed material related to remaining available in other rural area location by increasing documentation and photographs in Wikimedia Commons and develop the quality and quantity of Wikipedia articles (We will focus on rw,en, fr wikipedia) and we will continue to advocate and mobilize people including members, participants and newcomers from rural areas to interact daily with Wikimedia Foundation platforms as well as increase their contributions to document the valuable works of women, men and people with disabilities from rural areas and be recognized around the world.
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 | 70 | 72 | We have exceeded our target |
| Number of editors | 40 | 40 | We have reached out target |
| Number of organizers | 8 | 8 | 5 organizers and 3 member of Jury team |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 | 676 | 3027 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 | 1461 | 1461 |
| Wikidata | 100 | 115 | 115 |
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | 40 | 17 | 17 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Number of total participants to be reached out and trained | 200 | 203 | We had 20 participants at 4 in person events and 130 at our online events |
| Wikimedia Commons | Number of total participants to be reached out and trained | 100 | 100 | We trained 40 participants in the organized person training, and we have organized 3 online events and more than 20 participants attended. |
| Wikidata | Number of total participants to be reached out and trained | 50 | 39 | It was an online training |
| Wikisource | Number of total participants to be reached out and trained | 40 | 24 | It was an online training |
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)
6365000
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
4996.27
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/1Ln-LYkD94hgLOsLNG3itBHUtDD--yDN0Ap7VMLyiyZ0/edit?gid=0#gid=0
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)
N/A
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)
N/A
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
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Applicant's response to the review feedback.
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