Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Awareness in Offa Community (ID: 22050536)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2023-05-29T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Community Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Wikimedia Awareness in Offa Community
- Username of Applicant: Mijesty
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 2050
- Amount spent: 2050 USD, 941270 NGN
Part 1 Understanding your work[edit]
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
firstly we created awareness for the program online and offline using e-posters and handbills after the planning stage which took place a week before the commencement of the project, then we choose a higher institution in Offa community which will make it easy for us to reach our target audience. We then visited the school to carry out a pre-evaluation check and to also give out handbills to invite interested participants. During the planning stage we prepared training materials, slides, and documents which help put participants through, we introduced the students/participants to the core content policies and Wikimedia-friendly space policy to aid their editing journey.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
We adopted and introduced students to the Wikimedia core content policies, introduced them to tools needed to contribute to Wikipedia, and equipped them with the necessary skills needed to participate efficiently. To ensure that the participants understood properly we carried out practical-hands-on edit-a-thon both online and physically, we also prepared materials and tutorials to demonstrate how to use each tool on Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wiki Commons and Yoruba Wikipedia.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
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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 | Strongly agree |
| 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 | Strongly 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?
Offa is an under-represented community despite its rich cultural heritage and the fact that it is an ancient city in Nigeria, its online presence on Wikipedia was very low until this campaign gave the participants an opportunity to write and improve their stories, the participants were very eager to make a difference and improve contents about Offa on Wikipedia and its sister projects after it was introduced to them.
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?
At the end of the program, we were able to certify at least 50 participants who attended the physical event and participated in the project, my team and I learned that there was a lot of ignorance and misconception about Wikipedia, the participants and other members of the community knew very little about Wikipedia and its benefits to their education and other aspects of their life. We also learned that incorporating the culture and heritage of the people further encouraged them to contribute and participate in the project coupled with the fact that they could see their progress and contribution on the dashboard made them excited and eager to contribute.
Participants expressed their satisfaction at the end of the project and a lot of them were still willing to contribute to the Wikimedia projects they were introduced to.
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?
We experienced some difficulties getting approval for the photo walk from the local authorities and also for the physical venue since we were trying to introduce something new to the community but my team and I explained in detail to the authorities and lectured them on the benefits of the program which convinced them to give us a go-ahead to create awareness about the project.
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?
With the new information gathered from executing this project, I believe engaging other students from other schools will be easier and more effective for me and my team.
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).
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creating Community Awareness about Wikimedia Projects | Students (youths), online and offline outlets will be used to create massive awareness about the aims, goals and objectives of the Wikimedia Foundation. | 200 | 200 | We carried out jingles on social media and we created awareness by handing out bills and posters to people, by doing so we were able to reach at least 200 people both offline and online. | Online communication platform |
| Number of Editors | 95% of the participants will be new editors and they will be trained by experienced Wikimedia editors in four different sessions. Two online training and two offline(physical) workshops. | 50 | 55 | Although we were able to get more participants to sign up on Wikipedia (at least 65 new participants opened an account during the project implementation), not all participants were able to sign up on the dashboard due to technical issues, and as stated by the grants admin that the scope of the project be reduced from 50 to 30 participants, we tried our best to reach out to people as much as we could. | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community?enroll=jvzfdnac%7COutreach |
| Number of events | To reach the objectives of this project there will be 2 physical sessions and 3 online sessions which includes the introduction, training and review session. | 5 | 5 | We held 2 physical events and two online events before we did a follow-up session for participants. | Google meet |
| Total number of articles/items/media files created or edited/ uploaded | The total number of articles to be created or edited during the offline and online edit-a-thons. | 500 | 3870 | Total number of articles/items/media files created or edited/ uploaded on Wikipedia, Wikidata, Yoruba Wikipedia and Wikicommons | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community?enroll=jvzfdnac%7COutreach |
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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 | We hope to recruit at least 50 new editors as this project will only focus on recruiting new people to contribute in the community. | 50 | 30 | As stated in the grants admin comment that the scope of the project be reduced to fit the approves budget, we were able to get 30 newly registered participants to sign up on the outreach dashboard | https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community#Participants |
| Number of editors | For the project to reach its goals and objectives we hope to recruit at least 50 editors during the course of the project | 50 | 55 | 55 new participants was able to create an account and add their names to the participants section on the meta page | https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community |
| Number of organizers | To help facilitate this project and to put new editors through navigating wikipedia, also to answer questions that will arise during and after the project there will be a total number of 5 facilitators including the project lead | 3 | 5 | we had 3 Wikimedia volunteers (including the project lead) | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community?enroll=jvzfdnac%7COutreach |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | The number of articles improved and or created | 200 | 682 | total number of articles created and improved | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community?enroll=jvzfdnac%7COutreach |
| Wikimedia Commons | Number of pictures uploaded during the photo walk and physical sessions | 100 | 307 | total number of images uploaded during Photowalk and physical event | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community?enroll=jvzfdnac%7COutreach |
| Wikidata | Numbers of new and improved items on wikidata | 200 | 2231 | total number of items created and proved | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Offa_Community?enroll=jvzfdnac%7COutreach |
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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).
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N/A
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 sent a detailed report of all activities we carried out including images and documents used during the project.
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance[edit]
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
941270 NGN
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
2050 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.
N/A
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?
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18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
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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.
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