Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Fulfulde Community (January 2026 - June 2026) Semiannual Plan (ID: 23621069)/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)
As outlined in our activity plan for January 2026 - June 2026 and the grant application, we implemented a centralised series of regular capacity building workshops, focusing on advancing the community members skills, volunteer retention, strengthen community capacity, develop technical skills in editing, expand knowledge of using the Wikimedia projects and strengthen the leadership and governance for the overall growth of the Wikimedia Fulfulde Community as well as the sustainability of its Hubs/Fan Clubs.
We implemented 7 capacity building workshops across 3 states and engaged more than 200 people. Each training focused on a particular theme that required the editors to focused on and create articles within that scope at the end of each training. This is how we organized and carried out the planned activities:
- All the seven (7) total events were focused on capacity building trainings where the community members skills were boosted across our four established Fan Clubs/Hubs ensuring that everyone is involved.
- As usual, the Volunteer Internet Data Support initiative which is meant to support active editors especially those who coudn't afford data has played an important role in boosting the participants morale and sustaining their participation through out this 6 month long project's period. It also helped us retain a good number of editors that have long been inactive due to lack of skills and internet access.
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: here
- Dashboards tools: [ https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/wikimedia_fulfulde_community_january_2026__june_2026_semiannual_activities/programs link]
- Some of the event photos: here
- Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects: https://w.wiki/S9hY, https://w.wiki/S9hb
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
Some materials and resources created/adapted:
- Documentary video
- Articles creation guide video
- Presentations and slides:
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: 1. How do you access/measure the overall impact this project have on our community members and volunteers in terms of editor engagements and retention, content creation as well sustainable development of the community?
2. What method worked best in effectively training the participants to become active contributors?
3. In what way did your activities help in creating awareness and improve Fulfulde Wikipedia visibility among the local communities and language speakers from diverse backgrounds?
4. What do you plan next after this implemented activities and would you use the experience or learnings from this project in shaping your next activities?
1. How do you access/measure the overall impact this project have on our community members and volunteers in terms of editor engagements and retention, content creation as well sustainable development of the community?
- Ans: This project has made a significant impact in retention of volunteers, increase content creation, volunteer engagement as well as in prioritizing the community sustainable development.
2. What method worked best in effectively training the participants to become active contributors?
- Ans: We ensure to apply our adopted approach and methods from our past similar activity after finding them worked effectively in helping our community grow while ensuring safe and friendly environment for every volunteer, constant engagement and support for new editors.
3. In what way did your activities help in creating awareness and improve Fulfulde Wikipedia visibility among the local communities and language speakers from diverse backgrounds?
- Ans: Our project helps in creating awareness and in improving the visibility of Fulfulde Wikipedia in a number of ways including outreaches, social media posts, radio interviews and jingles among others.
4. What do you plan next after this implemented activities and would you use the experience or learnings from this project in shaping your next activities?
- Ans:Absolutely, the learnings from this implemented activities are valuable in shaping our experience towards planning our future activities and we would use them in planning the future activities.
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)
Yes. During the implementation of this activities, we encountered a number of unforseen challenges that significantly impacted our operational environment and projected budget including rapid inflation which led to unexpected, rising costs for essential goods, logistics, and services, placing a strain on our initial financial projections. There was also a severe and ongoing power outages across northeastern states (our primary project areas) which resulted to complicated scheduled activities. On top of this, comes issues of unstable internet connectivity and that directly hindered volunteer participation, making consistent engagement and digital collaboration much more difficult than anticipated.
These challenges are shared in our learning and evaluation section of the project's page on Meta Wiki here: https://w.wiki/S9i9
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)
We have already shared the project's learnings and results with the community members here on the Activity Reports section of the community page on Meta-Wiki. We also plan to share the link again in the community's WhatsApp group.
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 | 160 | 250 | Dashboard Tools & attendance register |
| Number of editors | 80 | 166 | Dashboard Tools |
| Number of organizers | 10 | 10 | Dashboard Tools, Commons & Attendance register |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 600 | 9300 | 23000 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 300 | 2000 | 900 |
| Wikidata | 500 | 12000 | 150 |
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | 200 | 200 | 100 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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)
3571975
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
2500
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Upload the financial report
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)