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Wikipedia Awareness in Ilesa
01 April 2024 - 31 May 2024
Report ID: 10608
Report status: Under review
Report due date: 30 June 2024
Grant ID: G-RF-2312-14614
Amount funded: 1154000 NGN, 750 USD
Amount spent: 1154000 NGN
Rapid Fund 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)

Awareness Creation: The awareness of Wikimedia Awareness in Ilesa was disseminated online via social media platforms; Facebook, X and WhatsApp.

Recruitment: 50 editors were recruited during the awareness campaign.

Training: Two sessions of virtual and physical trainings were organized for participants where they were trained on how to add or improve local content related to Ilesa and Osun State on English Wikipedia, Wikipedia Commons, and Wikidata.

Community Building: Wikimedia Fan Club University of Ilesa formation has reached the final approval stage with the Dean of Student Affairs. This will be updated once it is approved.

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 - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Awareness_in_Ilesa

https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/wikipedia/Osun_Wiki_Edit_Contest

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

Presentation slide - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SbBPZr8uOGaPKqwnaNruvWzl27WyJlY7AGBMiTd-tQo/edit?usp=drivesdk

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 Agree
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives Agree
E. Encourage the retention of editors Strongly agree
F. Encourage the retention of organizers 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: Did the project create community awareness about Wikimedia projects in Ilesa?

Did the project train new editors to have the required skills to edit Wikimedia projects?

Was the project beneficial to the target participants in terms of their full satisfaction with the knowledge they acquired?

Did the participants contribute contents to Wikipedia and it's sisters' projects?

Did the project create a sustainable group of Wikimedia editors in the Ilesa community?

- Did the project create community awareness about Wikimedia projects in Ilesa?

Yes, the project significantly raised awareness about Wikimedia and her projects, awareness was carried out online via social media and offline from mouth to mouth.

  • Did the project train new editors to have the required skills to edit Wikimedia projects?

Yes, over 20 new editors were trained.

  • Was the project beneficial to the target participants in terms of their full satisfaction with the knowledge they acquired?

Yes, this can be attested to looking at the contributions they made during and after the event.

Did the participants contribute contents to Wikipedia and it's sisters' projects?

Yes, participants contributed to contents on Wikipedia, WIkidata, and Wikicommons.'

Did the project create a sustainable group of Wikimedia editors in the Ilesa community?

The project has proposed the establishment of a Club for Wikipedia editors in the University of Ilesa.

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)

We encountered some challenges, the University of Ilesa which happens our major target for participants has internal issues which affected our turn out at the first physical training and the registration of the club with the university authority. Additionally, there's a sudden upsurge in prices of commodities in Nigeria which was unplanned for, however, we were able to work with available resources. We felt the urge to inspire participants as they are majorly new editors, so we had to organize a contest among them (link above).

From the experiences, we learn that quality plans and team work are essential for succesful project organizing.

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)

The outcomes from the project have been shared with wikimedians across Nigeria through the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, this was done by sharing the links to the project dashboard. The contribution and achievement of participants are highlighted.

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 54 47
Number of editors 50 46
Number of organizers 4 5
Wikimedia project Target Result - Number of created pages Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia 50 13 37
Wikimedia Commons 100 46 7
Wikidata 100 40 10
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 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

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10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)

1154000

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

750

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/1T_YrQM7btMJXtdJE5XH9dxt7KzbvwovMSZ5TMH29dKg/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?

Yes

13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.

$4

13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?

B. Propose to use them to partially or fully fund a new/future request with PO approval

13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.

To be used for the next grant fund received from WMF.

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)

None. Thank you.

Review notes

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Review notes from Program Officer:

N/A

Applicant's response to the review feedback.

N/A

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