Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Alliances Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikidata Trainings on LGBT in Nigeria (ID: 21896002)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2022-11-08T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Alliances Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Wikidata Trainings on LGBT in Nigeria
- Username of Applicant: Hadassahlove
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 4135.27
- Amount spent: 4063.04 USD, 1685800 NGN
Part 1 Understanding your work[edit]
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
After weeks of planning and establishing working relationship with the Bisi Alimi Foundation. We set out in 2 major cities in Nigeria: Ibadan, Oyo state and Bennin, Edo state.
The first training was held at Ibadan, Oyo state where queer persons gather as we trained them on how to contribute to Wikidata and then we moved to Bennin, Edo state which last two days.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
Partnering with Bisi Alimi Foundation prooved very effective as they reached out to all the queer participants that attended and provided the required safety for participants including safe venue.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQV_gPsD3K/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ= Here was publication made about the program by The Bisi Alimi Foundation
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 | Strongly 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?
With this iniatitves; more queer persons are beginning to contribute to the Wikimedia projects and also organizing such projects within the respective cities
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 leaned that with proper partnersip; more underrepresented communities can be reach. Also LGBTQ content can be better represented on the Wikimedia projects with more aligned partnerships.
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?
Not really, apart from the desires and enthusiast recorded from the queer participants.
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?
I hope to translate this desires by ensuring a community of wiki queer participants is built.
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.
N/A
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 |
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Increased visibility | Has Wikimedia projects further increased the visibility of Nigeria queers | 100 | 100 | Has Wikimedia projects further increased the visibility of Nigeria queers: Yes, through this project, more queer individuals and organization are ensuring that more LGBTQ information are updated on Wikimedia projects thereby increasing visibility. | Through survery and oral interviews |
Queer participants | Increasing the inclusion of more queer participants | 200 | 157 | Increasing the inclusion of more queer participants: Now we have more queer persons added to the W4HR Nigeria program as participants and ready to contribute. | Based on the number and willignless |
Partnership | Having more LGBT organization partnerships | 10 | 5 | Having more LGBT organization partnerships: With this project; we partnered with 5 Nigeria LGBTQ organizations to achieve our set objective and they are ready to even do more. | Through organizational documentation |
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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 |
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Number of participants | We expect about 50 total participants | 150 | 82 | We had a total of 82 participants including the organizers, partners and editors. | Counting the participants |
Number of editors | Queer editors that will be readily available to be trained and then contribute | 130 | 65 | Due to safety and location... We are only able to have a total of 65 participants. 37 from Ibadan and 28 from Bennin(x2) | Counting |
Number of organizers | Atleast 3 number of organizers | 3 | 5 | We had 5 number of organizers which include: Hadassah, Ayokanmi, Bisi Alimi Foundation, EIR-INITIATIVE and INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY ACCESS
TO TOTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT |
Counting |
Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
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Wikidata | Number of Wikidata Items to be created or improved | 800 | 156 | We couldnt achieve so much as we had internet connectivity issues and some participants were not able to create new accounts | Wikimedia Dashboard: |
Wikimedia Commons | Images will also be uploaded | 150 | 31 | 31 images from the project was uploaded and still continious | Wikimedia Commons |
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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).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
Wikimedia Dashboard used: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Bisi_Alimi_Foundation/LGBTQ_Wikidata_trainings_-_Ibadan,_Oyo_state/home
The presentation used: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gXUoSUrW-epU7DUXeQuS1ezM3I4RTfnl/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102342149188913408245&rtpof=true&sd=true
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 some of the results with all partnered organization via mails and the Wiki For Human RIght Nigeria Community.
I am also ready to share with anyone that wants to create a LGBT! wikimedia projects.
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance[edit]
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
1685800 NGN
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
4063.04 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.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h9WPNx3UZOY6jdxFEb-E_FduYi2cN7F4zI8n4NuLbvA/edit?usp=sharing
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?
Yes
18a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
$72.23 . Its the underspent from the food
18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
B. Propose to use them to partially or fully fund a new/future grant request with PO approval
18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
Can be deducted on the new proposal if approved
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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