Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki and Health articles in Nigeria (ID: 22444962)/Final Report
Report Status: Draft
Due date: 2024-07-07T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Applicant username: Tesleemah
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 900
- Amount spent: 900 USD, 1380050
Part 1: Project and impact[edit]
1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
Creating awareness about Wikimedia projects among health editors: The awareness was created through the sharing of flyers online and physically.
Training and Recruiting new editors across various health organisations and institutions: A total of 50 Editors were recruited during the awareness and they were trained via online and physical channels.
Adding or improving local contents in Nigeria on English Wikipedia and Wikipedia Common: Edit- a-thon was conducted and the participants contributed massively to Wikipedia, Wiki common and Wikidata
Creating a community of Wiki Health editors: At the end of the project, a sustainable group named 'Wiki Health Editors' was created for the participants. The link to the group is provided in the spaces provided for links.
At the end of the project,
Creating a WhatsApp platform for the project and consistent mentorship help in yielding the desired results.
Creation of a social media page: A twitter and LinkedIn page were set up to create awareness during the project and to reach out to the general public. The link to the twitter page and LinkedIn page are shared in the space provided for links
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
Link to Meta Page : https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki_and_Health_articles_in_Nigeria
Like to Outreach dashboard : https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Individual/Wiki_and_Health_articles_in_Nigeria
Link to Photos from Event: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vArzO3VM2tat5uKNtgkh4PHtkCV-wWFa
Link to social media pages : https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiki-health-africa/
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
https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_and_Health_articles_in_Nigeria/Resources
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7719556/
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 | Agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Strongly agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | 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[edit]
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 train new and existing editors?
Did the project close the knowledge gap by improving the visibility of health articles in Nigeria?
Did the project close gender gaps relating to health articles in Nigeria?
Did the project translate articles related to health articles in Nigeria?
Did the project improve articles in Nigeria
Did the project train new and existing editors? Yes, the project trained 40 editors.
Did the project close the knowledge gap by improving the visibility of health articles in Nigeria?
Yes, about 126 articles related to health were created on Wikidata and translated to other local wiki
Did the project close gender gaps relating to health articles in Nigeria?
Yes, health pertaining to women were covered
Did the project translate articles related to health articles in Nigeria?
Yes, about 50 articles were translated to local languages
Did the project improve articles in Nigeria?
Yes, 310 articles were Edited during the project
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)
At the end of the project, participants were introduced to Wiki Project Medicine where link to registration as a member was shared with active members on the whatsapp platform.
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)
I shared the project learnings and results on the wikimedia diff blog : https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/05/16/bridging-the-gap-of-health-articles-in-nigeria-through-wikimedia-projects/
Also, the continuous progress of the project was shared on both our LinkedIn and Twitter pages:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiki-health-africa/
Part 3: Metrics[edit]
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 | 60 | 50 | Goggle form, Event registration tool and Goggle Meet |
| Number of editors | 40 | 30 | Event registration tool and outreach dashboard |
| Number of organizers | 5 | 6 | Meta page |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 30 | 50 | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 50 | 70 | 12 |
| Wikidata | 30 | 55 | 15 |
| 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[edit]
10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
1380050
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
900
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/1lECHhjECzfP0iPAiKy7V-OYGDi_NljjpuBuwQjrNtHg/edit?usp=drivesdki
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 Your response to the review feedback. 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)
Review notes[edit]
Review notes from Program Officer:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A