Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Training And Competition For Senior Citizens (ID: 21879800)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2022-11-22T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Community Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Wiki Training And Competition For Senior Citizens
- Username of Applicant: Igboanude
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 4241.14
- Amount spent: 4241.14 USD, 1758462 NGN
Part 1 Understanding your work[edit]
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
I confirmed a venue for the project and then prepared a flier. The flier announced the project and invited senior citizens to participate stating the venue and time of the project. It was distributed in different location including to members of Christian Women Organisation of our Catholic church and to residents of Redeem Estate, Lugbe. Soft copies of the fliers were also circulated in the social media. The project was also advertised in Aso Radio. The project started on 5th August 2022 with a presentation on WMF generally. The project continued subsequently for another 5 sessions where wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia were discussed. It was interactive sessions. At every session, a rehash of the previous session will be done before a new presentation will be made. Two sessions were allotted to each of the 3 projects of WMF. In between the training sessions, participants were encouraged to edit as part of the competition. There were food and drinks in every session and all participants and facilitators were given branded T shirt, jotters and pens. On the 5th session, a survey was released for each participant to assess the project. At the end of the training, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd participants for each of the 3 wiki projects were given a price. Following the agreement of all participants we formed the Wiki For Senior Citizens Network as a group to continue encouraging many more senior citizens in Nigeria to volunteer for WMF.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
Announcing the project on radio and inviting participants in the announcement was very helpful. Also sharing the fliers to people in identified strategic places helped a lot. However, opening a whatsapp group for all participants from the beginning of the project was what helped to sustain the project by continuously interacting with participants. The group enabled participants to ask questions when they run into problem in between the sessions. It also enabled the resource persons to teach people on-line when they have challenges. This is what sustained the editing even up till now. It was the unity we sustained in the whatsapp group that bound people together and led to every one agreeing that we will form the Wiki For Senior Citizens Network which we have formed.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_For_Senior_Citizens_Network https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_for_senior_Citizens_Network
4. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with the support of this Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals.
| A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups | Strongly agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Not applicable to your fund |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Strongly agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Agree |
5. Is there anything else you would like to share about how your efforts helped to bring in participants and/or build out content, particularly for underrepresented groups?
This is the first and only time that a Wikimedia project was ever done in Nigeria that was dedicated to involve senior citizens in WMF. The project was received with a lot of enthusiasm. Many people who heard the advert on the radio or saw it on facebook etc reached out to participate. Some of the people are not based n Abuja and environs. We had to arrange for them to be thought online even on Sundays. We are getting more and more people joining the whatsapp group from different parts of the country. Participants have continued to contribute since then. Most importantly, participants decided to form the Wiki For Senior Citizens Network which has been formed. I have sent the meta page of the network in this report. In the meta page, you will see our facebook, twitter and whatsapp group link which were all formed during the programme
Part 2: Your main learning[edit]
6. In your application, you outlined your learning priorities. What did you learn about these areas during this period?
I was actually interested to knowing how senior citizens can best participate in WMF. From our experience in the programme and from the feedback in the questionnaire, it has been shown that senior citizens can be very interested in volunteering. They also have more time. However, it was also shown that many of us are not conversant with information technology. Many of us are not yet fast in working on computer. Many also do not have computer. Also, young person who are more used to technology are able to learn wikipedia faster than senior citizens. This was shown from some young persons that joined the project. Also, some seniors who retired with low income do not even have money for data to continue editing. However, if senior citizens are trained and enabled, they will contribute more.
7. 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?
I did not expect the high number of senior citizens who showed interest even though some of them did not edit because they joined late and needed more time to learn. I also realized that we need more time to teach senior citizens as some could be slow to learn. Also, learning Wikipedia was especially more difficult. People learnt Wikidata and Wikimedia commons faster than Wikipedia. In fact few people were able to edit Wikipedia at the end. We need more time to learn Wikipedia.
8. How do you hope to use this learning? For instance, do you have any new priorities, ideas for activities, or goals for the future?
We have found that that if we work together, we will better understand each other and encourage each other as senior citizens. We have therefore formed the Wiki For Senior Citizens Network. To enable more learning, we are allowing a few younger persons to join us so that they can also help in networking etc. this way we can set our limits, our target, our working modalities etc. for example, we all agree that more time should be devoted to learning how to edit Wikipedia as it is more difficult.
9. Documentation of resources: Use this space to upload any documents that would be useful to share with others (e.g. communications material, training material, presentations).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VaEwUjlzugLQF7uu5_1FPxxjnQcgeRRjlKOlU3jVnis/edit?usp=sharing
Part 3: Metrics[edit]
10a. Open Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined some open metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with your metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had.
| Open Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of senior citizens who are interested to participate | the number of senior citizens who have shown interest to join the Wikipedia family | 25 | 45 | The number of senior citizens that showed interest and joined the Wikimedia family are 45 which is far more than the 25 targeted. | outreach dashboard |
| whether senior citizens who participated shows sufficient interest to continue volunteering | I will like to find out whether the participants are happy to continue contributing in wikipedia | N/A | 45 | I found that senior citizens that participated in the programme are very happy to contribute and volunteer to WMF. Indeed, participants has formed the Wiki For Senior Citizens Network and have continued to contribute up till now. | outreach dashboard and the formation of Wiki For Senior Citizens Network |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
10b. Core Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined targets for some core metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with each core metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had. Note: a table will appear for each Wikimedia project content contribution you defined in your proposal.
| Core metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | this number is the total number of people who I hope will attend the programme. they include the senior citizens, the trainers and other experienced editors that will attend. | 30 | 45 | total number of participants in the project | outreach dashboard |
| Number of editors | Number of senior citizens who will attend the trainings and carry out edits in wikipedia | 25 | 41 | people who attended as editors | outreach dashboard |
| Number of organizers | 4 | this represents the 3 resource persons and myself | outreach dashboard |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | participants will be encouraged to edit already existing contents and not creating new ones | 70 | 958 | total edits contributed to all the wikimedia projects during the project | outreach dashboard |
| Wikidata | this will be edits that will be made in wikidata including new items created | 160 | 198 | total edits in Wikipedia. this is more than i proposed in the proposal | outreach dashboard |
| Wikimedia Commons | total edits that is done in wikimedia commons | 50 | 443 | total edits in Wikidata this is far more than I projected in the proposal | Outreach dashboard |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 317 | total edits contributed in Wikimedia Commons. this is far more that i projected in the proposal | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
12. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? This could include things like a lack of time or resources, or the expertise in your team to collect this data. It could also include difficulties with particular data collection tools.
No
12a. State what difficulties you had.
N/A
12b. 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?
N/A
13. Use this space to upload any documents and provide links to any tools you have used that would be useful to understand your data collection (e.g., surveys you have carried out, communications material, training material, program and event dashboard link, project page on Meta).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Igboanude/Wiki_Training_for_Senior_Citizens/home
14. Have you shared these results with other Wikimedian communities (either affiliates, user groups, volunteers, etc., different to yours)? This can include things such as data and direct outcomes, lessons you have learned, or information on how to run or recreate your programs.
Yes
14a. If yes or partially, please describe how you have already shared them and if you would like to do more sharing, and if so how.
i have shared it with members of the Wiki For Senior Citizens Network in our social media
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance[edit]
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
1758462 NGN
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
4241.14 USD
17. Please report the funds received and spending in the currency of your fund.
17a. Upload a financial report file.
17b. Please provide a link to your financial reporting document.
N/A
As required in the fund agreement, please report any deviations from your fund proposal here. Note that, among other things, any changes must be consistent with our WMF mission, must be for charitable purposes as defined in the grant agreement, and must otherwise comply with the grant agreement.
17c. If you have not already done so in your budget report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal.
No changes
18. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
18a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
N/A
18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
19. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes
20. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
Yes
21. 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
22. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here.
we hope to spend more time learning wikipedia. we also hope to expand our membership of the Network and continue learning and working together
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