Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Igala Wikimedia Community 2026 Annual Plan Grant

-Feedback regarding your application-

Dear Igala WIkimedia Community,

Thank you very much for your application. We appreciate your continuous efforts in promoting Igala language and culture through Wikimedia projects. The Committee would like to recognize that the strength of your proposal lies in its focus on building capacity among Igala speakers, promoting knowledge equity, and increasing free knowledge content in the Igala language, particularly through Igala Wikipedia and other sister projects.

The WMF Community Resources team and the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Funds Committee have convened to review your application and we have the following question for feedback before reaching a final decision:

- Would you kindly provide some detailed information on your ability to complete a 1-year general support fund? What is your experience of conducting a long period Wikimedia project? How much money Rapid Funds have you received before and for each one would you kindly share the key outcomes and deliverables ?

Thank you very much, and please feel free to share your feedback in this discussion page by Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 12 PM UTC.

Wishing you the best of luck.

On behalf of the WMF Community Resources team and the SSA Regional Funding Committee WBuloso-WMF (talk) 18:34, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Dear WMF Community Resources Team and the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Funds Committee,

Thank you for your kind message and for acknowledging our efforts to promote the Igala language and culture through Wikimedia projects. We sincerely appreciate the opportunity to provide additional information regarding our capacity and experience in delivering a 1-year General Support Fund.

Over the past few years, the Igala Wikimedia Community has successfully implemented multiple Wikimedia Foundation Rapid Fund projects and other projects with measurable impact and accountability.

Below is a summary of our experience and key outcomes:

In September 2022, we conceived the idea of revitalizing the Igala language, this journey began with support from a Wikitongues grant acceleration project in the year 2023 where we were funded to start up Igala Wikipedia on Wikimedia Incubator

https://wikitongues.org/fellows/agnes-ajuma/

We were able to organize an in-person event and then a series of online events trying to get Igala speakers acquainted with the Wikimedia platform, especially Wikipedia. That was before the development of the event registration tool. We were able to create 327 Wikipedia articles during the project. Kindly see the link to the outreach dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Igala_Wikimedia_Community/Revitalizing_Igala_Language_on_Wikimedia_Incubator

Commons Category- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Revitalising_Igala_Language

To push further and for us to be able to get a fast response from the language committee to approve our Wikipedia, we approached the rapid grant and were granted the sum of 1324USD in October 2023. Where we were able to create additional 148 articles Wikipedia articles

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Expanding_Igala_Language_Access_on_Wikipedia:Creating_and_Engaging_a_Community_of_Contributors_(ID:_22279144)

Link to outreach dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Igala/Expanding_Igala_Language_Access_on_Wikipedia

Moving down to April 2024, our language Wikipedia was approved. As of then, we were not able to secure funding; our rapid grant applications got denied.

We self-funded Wiki Love Africa that year

ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WIki_Loves_Africa_2024_in_The_Igala_Community where we had like 81 uploads to Wikicommons

In 2024 we collaborated with 7 communities to organize WikiForHuman Rights 2024 in Nigeria, where we had 75 participants from the Igala Wikimedia community with over 200 new articles created on Igala Wikipedia. The amount approved for the project is 4998.16USD

Link to project approval Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiForHumanRights 2024 in Nigeria (ID: 22591759)

Link to event registration page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:WikiForHumanRights_2024_in_Nigeria/Kogi

Link to outreach dashboard

https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Igala_Wikimedia_Community/WikiForHumanRight_2024_In_Nigeria

Link to commons category: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiForHumanRight_2024_in_Igala_Community

Down to 2025 (Feburary -March) we were able to carry out two campaign without funding that is Wiki Love Folklore and feminism and folklore with 56 articles created on Igala Wikipedia

https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Igala_Wikimedia_Community/Feminism_and_Folklore_Campaign_2025_in_igala_Community

WIki Loves folklore with 126 upload to commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2025_in_the_Igala_Community

In March-April 2025, we had a collaboration and received funds from the foundation to carry out Wiki Loves Africa 2025 with 213 uploads. The amount received from the foundation is 3421.19USD

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2025_in_the_Igala_Community - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2025_campaign_Collaboration_in_Nigeria_(ID:_22887753)

March-June We also got funding of 1500 USD for our outreach project in three Tartary schools in the Igala Speaking region https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimeda_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Building_Igala_Wikipedia_Community_Through_Campus_Engagement_(ID:_22884637) were we had 95 participants with over 200 articles created on Igala Wikipedia

Link to Event Registration Page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Building_Igala_Wikipedia_Community_Through_Campus_Engagement

Kindly click on the link to the commons category

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Building_Igala_Wikipedia_Community_Through_Campus_Engagement_In_PAAU

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Building_Igala_Wikipedia_Community_Through_Campus_Engagement_In_KSP

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Building_Igala_Wikipedia_Community_Through_Campus_Engagement_In_FPI

Link to outreach dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Igala_Wikimedia_Community/Building_Igala_Wikipedia_Community_Through_Campus_Engagement

October-December 2025 we had a collaboration and The foundation approved 4050.54 USD for us to carry out She Said Project in Wikimedia Nigeria Imo State Network,Igala Wikimedia Community,Wikimedia Nigeria Anambra State and Wikimedia Nigeria Abuja Network

Link to approval page on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/SheSaid_2025_in_Nigeria_(ID:_23438030)

Commons category of Igala Community event: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SheSaid_2025_in_Igala_Community

Link to outreach dashboard for Igala Community: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Igala_Community/SheSaid_2025_in_Nigeria_-_Kogi

Link to event registration Page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:SheSaid_2025_in_Nigeria/Kogi

Also from October to December 2025 we are having a collaboration with 7 communities in Nigeria (Igala, Anambra, Osun, Kaduna, Gombe, Rivers, and Imo ) for the Campaign WikiForhumanRights 2025 in Nigeria, where I happen to be one of the national coordinators alongsideuser semmy1960, making sure the campaign goes on smoothly across the seven communities. The number of all the participants are over 200 the campaign is slated to end in December 2025; the amount funded for the campaign is 4999.67 USD.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/WikiForHumanRights_2025_in_Nigeria_(ID:_23478676)

Link to Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights_2025_in_Nigeria

Link to the outreach program for the 7 communities am coordinating in Nigeria

https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/wikiforhumanrights_2025_in_nigeria/programs

Aside from all the funds received from the foundation, Wikitongues, and self-funded projects, we also received funds from Wikimedia Dutchland to celebrate Wikidata’s 13th Birthday in the Igala Community in November 2025 and also for us to be able to translate descriptions from English to the Igala language, for which we have over 1000 item descriptions translated already.

Kindly click to see the metapage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Introducing_the_Igala_Wikimedia_Community_to_Wikidata_at_Wikidata%27s_13th

Commons Category https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikidata%27s_13th_Birthday_in_Igala_Community

OutreachDashboard https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Igala_Wikimedia_Community/Introducing_the_Igala_Wikimedia_Community_to_Wikidata_at_Wikidata's_13th/home

In total the funds we received plus the collaborations we made with other communities is 20,292USD

We believe our experience managing multiple Rapid Funds and coordinating multi-community collaborations such as the WikiForHumanRights 2025 in Nigeria https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights_2025_in_Nigeria has prepared us to successfully implement and sustain a 1-year General Support Fund. Our community has grown stronger, with a core team member like Ogali Hillary who serves as the international facilitator for the Wiki Loves Africa photographic campaign. Hillary is capable of managing timelines and programmatic outcomes effectively.

We remain committed to transparency, inclusion, and measurable impact in all our activities.

Thank you once again for your consideration. We look forward to your feedback and the opportunity to continue promoting the Igala language and culture through Wikimedia projects.

Warm regards,

Abah Agnes Ajuma

Team lead

On behalf of the Igala Wikimedia Community AgnesAbah (talk) 00:35, 8 November 2025 (UTC)