Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc- Annual Activities 2023/Final Report

Final Learning Report

Report Status: Under review

Due date: 2024-04-30T00:00:00Z

Funding program: Wikimedia Community Fund

Report type: Final

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General information edit

This form is for organizations, groups, or individuals receiving Wikimedia Community Funds or Wikimedia Alliances Funds to report on their final results.

Name of Organization: Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation
Title of Proposal: Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc- Annual Activities 2023
Amount awarded: 210000 USD, 86776851 NGN
Amount spent: 87102695 NGN

Part 1 Understanding your work edit

1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented.

Through collaborations among community members, affiliated communities, and partnerships, our proposed activities for the 2023-2024 fiscal year and strategies were implemented as follows.

GLAM Projects

Audiovisual project at Rivers state

A short oral history of Tai dialect in Ogoni language by a native speaker

In this fiscal year, we sustained our audiovisual recordings of oral history projects, and a total of 53 high-quality audiovisuals were created. This year, we visited Rivers State, Nigeria, to document the rich culture of the Igbo tribes in Nigeria. These materials are being uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and the Internet Archive and donated to academic institutions and the National Library of Nigeria. They would also be used to illustrate relevant articles in various languages on Wikipedia. We also organized an online and in-person symposium to talk about the role of oral history in knowledge sharing.

Micro-Support Grant

Wikiclimate at the University of Ibadan funded by Wikimedia UG Nigeria via microgrant

We continued to provide support for our members through micro-grant support. This time, we hired a long-time volunteer member of the grant review committee to manage the program fully. From March 2023 to April 2024, we received a total of 232 grant applications, with 92 of these applications being funded. Rejected applications comprised those that were incomplete, duplicates, lacked clear outcomes, or had budgets that did not align with proposed impacts.

Wiki Loves and other Contests

WLA 23 outreach at Badagry: Group photo after upload-a-thon

Our Wiki Loves and other contests were implemented in collaboration with several affiliate communities in Nigeria, such as the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group, Hausa Wikimedians User Group, and Igbo Wikimedians User Group. They were also implemented in partnership with individual photographers and associations such as the Lagos State Professional Photographers Association of Nigeria and Retna. We also funded remote activities through our micro-grants programmes to enable the wider participation of our community members. We recorded the highest number of contributions from Africa in Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Africa, and Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos.

Capacity building

We organised several capacity-building initiatives to build capacity for new and existing members of the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. Trainings were organised in person and virtually. We also continued our train-the-trainers initiative, and this year we organised the event in Gombe State, located in the north-east of Nigeria. The event resulted in the establishment of the Wikimedia UG Nigeria Gombe Network to serve Gombe State and the North-East region. We also organised the WikiBoost projects to recruit new editors and build capacity for them to contribute to Wikimedia projects. We also organised the Wiki-in-School project, in which academic staff of universities in Nigeria were trained for three days to enable them to adopt students in their various schools for training and mentorship to contribute to Wikimedia projects.

Gender-gap

Bridging the gender gap in contributions and contributors continues to be a priority for our groups. This year, through partnerships, we implemented the Wiki-Gap projects. We partnered with the Swedish Embassy and the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) to implement the project. It was a three-day event, and more than 100 women journalists participated in the programs. The program closed with a content writing contest to enable the trained women journalists to write their first articles and to increase the number of articles about women on Wikipedia. A total of 537 new articles were created across 5 languages on Wikipedia, including English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, and Tyap.

Advocacy

In the fiscal year 2024-2025, our focus is on prioritizing advocacy efforts. To spearhead this initiative, we have established an advocacy working group consisting of experts, including lawyers and community members. The objective is to streamline Wikimedia-related advocacy work in Nigeria, ensuring a cohesive approach. This working group will comprise the leader of all established Wikimedia User groups in Nigeria. We aim to unveil the members of the Working Group on May 1, 2024. To prepare for this, we have conducted a series of meetings with volunteer members of the working group and the Wikimedia Foundation Advocacy team. Our detailed work plan for advocacy will also be published in May, outlining our strategies and objectives moving forward.

For more information, please see: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria_2023-2024_annual_activities

2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals?

Joint implementation of Wiki Loves X projects: This approach resulted in a significant increase in contributions from our community across various initiatives such as Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Africa, and Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos. Not only did it boost participation and contributions, but it also fostered unity and collaboration among existing Wikimedia user groups in Nigeria. We leverage on our collective efforts to amplify our impact and strengthen our community engagement.
Staff support for micro-grants: This fiscal year, providing staff support for the micro-grant program was instrumental in enhancing its effectiveness. We hired an experienced member of the grant review committee to manage the resources and oversee the program to addressed previous challenges related to tracking applications, following up with applicants, reviewing reports, and coordinating volunteer members. As a result, we saw a significant improvement in the management of the micro-grant program, reflected in the successful funding of 92 applications out of 232 received. This streamlined approach facilitated smoother operations and ensured that deserving projects received the necessary support, thereby maximizing the impact of the micro-grant program.
Recognition award: The introduction of the Wikimedia UG Nigeria Merit Award was highly effective in achieving our goals of community-building and promoting the participation of community members in our programs and activities. This initiative served as a meaningful way to acknowledge and appreciate the contributions of our community members, who often engage in thankless work to promote free access to quality content from Nigeria. We recognized their efforts through the merit award, to incentivized continued participation as well as reinforced a culture of appreciation and recognition within our community, and promote a more vibrant and engaged community ecosystem.
Learning and evaluation: This year, we hired staff to document our learning and evaluate our programs and activities. This helps us to identify trends and patterns that indicate success, understand challenges, and optimize our resource allocation. It also enables us to gain valuable perspectives on the effectiveness of our strategies and approaches. This promotes greater stakeholder engagement and buy-in, enhancing the sustainability and impact of our initiatives.

3. Would you say that your project had any innovations? Are there things that you did very differently than you have seen them done by others?

Our projects have new innovations. A few of these innovations are discussed below;

Joint implementation of Wiki Loves X projects: This year, we adopted a strategic approach to increase contributions and participation in our Wiki Loves X projects. This was very effective in achieving our goals, and we recorded the highest number of contributions from Africa in Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Africa, and Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos. It also helped to promote unity and collaboration among existing Wikimedia user groups in Nigeria.
Staff support for micro-grants: This fiscal year, our micro-grant programme was effective as we hired an experienced member of the grant review committee as staff to manage the resources and oversee the micro-grant ograms. In the past, tracking applications, following up with applicants, reviewing reporting, and coordinating the volunteer members of the grant review committee were very challenging for our limited number of staff. This staff support was very effective, as we were able to fund 92 applications in this fiscal year from the 232 applications received from volunteers across the country.
Recognition award: This fiscal year, we started the Wikimedia UG Nigeria Merit Award to recognise the contributions of members of our community. It was largely effective in achieving our goals of community-building and promoting the participation of community members in our programmes and activities. The award is one of our ways of appreciating community members for the thankless work they are doing to promote free access to quality contents from Nigeria.
Membership registration:In previous years, our organization lacked a robust mechanism for tracking membership and evaluating the growth of our community in terms of its membership base. Recognizing the importance of having comprehensive data to understand the dynamics of our community, we have implemented a structured membership process.

4. Please describe how different communities participated and/or were informed about your work.

Please describe how different communities participated and/or were informed about your work.

Participation of fan clubs and networks: Each month, we publish snippets outlining our proposed activities with these communities and invite them to participate. For significant events or projects, we offer funding for the community to organize the events remotely. They engage as both organizers and contributors.
Participation of Other Wikimedia User Groups: We often invite other Wikimedia user groups to collaborate on our projects. We have now jointly organised Wiki Loves X projects with the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group, Hausa Wikimedians User Group, Igbo Wikimedians User Group, and Tyap Wikimedians User Group. These affiliates participate in our programmes as partners and collaborators. Invitations are often sent to them through emails and the WhatsApp group for Wikimedia affiliates in Nigeria.
Participation of Non-Wikimedia Communities Non-Wikimedia community often participate in our programs as both content partners and as network partners. These non-wikimedia communities include government, their representatives, and other mission-aligned organizations in Nigeria.

We also use Wikimedia Diff and social media platforms to communicate our programmes to our community and the global Wikimedia community.

5. Documentation of your impact. Please use the two spaces below to share files and links that help tell your story and impact. This can be documentation that shows your results through testimonies, videos, sound files, images (photos and infographics, etc.) social media posts, dashboards, etc.

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https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/01/15/wikimedia-ug-nigeria-is-all-set-to-announce-the-winners-of-the-maiden-edition-of-the-nigeria-wikimedia-community-distinguished-awards/

6. 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.

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	Strongly agree
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives	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

7. 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?

Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Nigeria Winning Photo

WikiGap: This project was implemented in partnership with the Swedish Embassy in Nigeria and the Lagos State Chapter of the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ). The WikiGap contest was launched in March 2024, and a total of 537 articles in 5 languages Wikipedia was created by 27 editors who participated in the contest.
WPWPNG 2023 - We implemented the WPWPNG 2023 as part of the global Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) campaign. The campaign resulted in the addition of images to 5,770 Wikipedia articles in 12 languages.
Wiki Loves Earth - We organised Wiki Loves Earth 2023 in Nigeria, and a total of 2,244 images were contributed to Wikimedia Commons. This is the highest number of images contributed to Wiki Loves Earth from Nigeria since we began to organise the contest in Nigeria in 2015.
Wiki Loves Earth - We jointly organised Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Nigeria, and a total of 2,777 images were contributed to Wikimedia Commons. This is contest was organized in partnership with the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group, Hausa Wikimedians User Group, Igbo Wikimedians User Group, and Tyap Wikimedians User Group,

Part 2: Your main learning edit

8. In your application, you outlined your learning priorities. What did you learn about these areas during this period?

In our proposal, we highlighted our learning priority to answer the following questions.

What Wikimedia projects interest participants the most?

findings indicate a discrepancy in activity levels, with participants demonstrating greater involvement in Wikipedia-related activities compared to projects such as Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

What training strategy yielded the best results?: The following training strategy yielded the best results

In-person training offers participants the opportunity for hands-on learning, and physical interaction with experienced editors. This strategy helps participants to better learn.
Provision of self-pace online training materials prior to actual training was effective for participants as it allows them to learn at their own pace.
Mentorship: Following every training, we provide mentorship for the participants, and has been very useful in onboarding new volunteers
We have a feedback and evaluation mechanisms for learning about the effectiveness of our training programs and this has helped us to understand some of the gaps we need to bridge.

What is the best strategy to engage volunteers?: Our findings show that the following are the best strategy to engage volunteers

Mentoring them after trainings
assignment of task for volunteers
Use of leader board for their contributions and rewarding top contributors

What is the best approach and strategy to retaining volunteers?

This is similar to the approaches to engage volunteers

9. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities?

There are a few unexpected or surprising things that happened during the implementation of some of our projects.

Inflation: This has a profound impact on our activities as the market prices of items had double by the middle of the year. This resulted in serious budget constraint.
Files upload on Wikimedia Commons: It was particularly challenging for us to upload our audiovisuals of oral history because the Video2Commons tool for uploading videos to Commons was down for months. We now have to manually upload the videos to Commons by first converting them to the acceptable format.
Technical difficulties: Though expected but still believe it should be highlighted. We experienced a few technical difficulties, including numerous participants getting affected by the global IP block.

10. How do you hope to use this learning? For instance, do you have any new priorities, ideas for activities, or goals for the future?

Based on the learning priorities highlighted in our proposal, we aim to leverage this knowledge to inform and enhance our future activities and goals within the Wikimedia movement. Here's how we plan to use this learning:

New Priorities

We intend to prioritize understanding and addressing the noted discrepancy in activity levels across different Wikimedia projects. This involves exploring ways to increase engagement in projects such as Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons to create a more balanced participation landscape.

Ideas for Activities

Building on the success of our training strategies, we aim to develop more specialized and targeted training modules to cater to the diverse interests and needs of participants. For example, we may develop editing workshops tailored to participants interested in contributing to Wikidata or Commons. We plan to expand our mentorship program to provide ongoing support and guidance to volunteers beyond initial training sessions.

Goals for the Future

Our overarching goal is to foster a more inclusive and diverse community of volunteers actively contributing to various Wikimedia projects. We aim to increase participation rates in projects beyond Wikipedia by implementing effective engagement and retention strategies. We aspire to create a supportive and rewarding environment for volunteers, where their contributions are valued and recognized. This involves implementing feedback mechanisms, recognition initiatives to motivate volunteers

11. If you were sitting with a friend to tell them one thing about your work during this fund, what would it be (think of inspiring or fascinating moments, tough challenges, interesting anecdotes, or anything that feels important to you)?

One inspiring thing about our activities in this round of funding is the micro-grant program. It’s thrilling to learn about its impact and how it has served as a model for other Wikimedia communities that are awarding grants to their members. It has also helped minimize the amount of grant requests to WMF from Nigeria. We are all proud of this program, and we are keen on sustaining it.

This program is important to us and the Wikimedia community in Nigeria as it has promoted equity, inclusion, and diversity in line with the Wikimedia Movement Strategy 2030. The maximum limit that an applicant can receive per request has now been increased.

12. Please share resources that would be useful to share with other Wikimedia organizations so that they can learn from, adapt or build upon your work. For instance, guides, training material, presentations, work processes, or any other material the team has created to document and transfer knowledge about your work and can be useful for others. Please share any specific resources that you are creating, adapting/contextualizing in ways that are unique to your context (i.e. training material).

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Part 3: Metrics edit

13a. Open and additional metrics data

Open Metrics
Open Metrics	Description	Target	Results	Comments	Methodology
N/A	N/A	N/A	20	We proposed to organized at least 20 programs. More than 30 programs were implemented.	Wikimedia Outreach Dashboard
N/A	N/A	N/A	2	We proposed to secure at least 2 partnerships. Seven partnerships were secured	Google document
N/A	N/A	N/A	2	We proposed to hire two new staff members and this was achieved.	Microsoft Excel
N/A	N/A	N/A	50	We proposed to award microgrant to at least 50 people. More than 50 people received our microgrant	Microsoft Excel
N/A	N/A	N/A	1	We proposed to sponsor at least one community member to Wiki Indaba Conference. This was achieved.	Microsoft excel

Additional Metrics
Additional Metrics	Description	Target	Results	Comments	Methodology
Number of editors that continue to participate/retained after activities	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Number of organizers that continue to participate/retained after activities	N/A	N/A	76	76 unique organisers were funded	Outreach dashboard
Number of strategic partnerships that contribute to longer term growth, diversity and sustainability	N/A	N/A	4	1. Retna and Photography Chart Room are photographic institutions that worked with us to organize Wikiloves events. 2. Ministry of Tourism, Lagos State- Collaborated with our team to contribute quality photos about Tourism and important places to Wikipedia and its sister projects. 3. Nigeria Library Association- We connected with the network of librarians from the institution to organize 1Lib1Ref	Google documents
Feedback from participants on effective strategies for attracting and retaining contributors	N/A	N/A	N/A	1. Provision of souvenirs for motivating participants to contest 2. The NAIJA office is an opportunity to acquire more information about the movement 3. Our Training The Trainers serve as a means to meet the core NEEDS of our community leaders 4. Our Micro Grant Programs have helped to support members who cannot access Rapid Grants to contribute to projects. 5. Members of our community can use the Nigeria Wikimedia office space and facilities to organize events and meet regularly. 6	N/A
Diversity of participants brought in by grantees	N/A	N/A	5	We funded projects from the different ethnic group 1. Hausa 2. Bole Language 3. Yoruba Language 4. Tyap Language 5. Igbo Language	Outreachdashboard
Number of people reached through social media publications	N/A	N/A	34503	1Meta Facebook- 22979 2 Instagram- 11524	1. Sprout Social 2. Twitter Analytics 3. Meta Business Suite 4. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/WUGN_2023-_2024_SOCIAL_MEDIA_REPORT.pdf
Number of activities developed	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Number of volunteer hours	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

13b. Additional core metrics data.

Editors from WikiFan CLubs 50
Editors from our Networks nationwide 40
Editors from Others 70

Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics	Description	Target	Results	Comments	Methodology
Number of participants	Our target audience includes 1. Librarians- More than 500 Librarians 2. Students- More than 500 students 3. Lecturers- More than 50 lecturers 4. Member of the public - more than 100 members of the public	1150	2000	1. We worked with Nigeria's network of Librarian during the 1Lib1ref 2. We initiated the Wikiboost Program, which attracted over 1000 members of the public through the Central Notice Banner 3. The Wikiinschool Program assists in engaging with Nigerian lecturers who participated in the preliminary stage of the event. 4. The Oral History programs interview more than 60 indigenous language speakers 5. The Wiki Loves event engages more than 100 professional photographers to contribute to our various photographic events.	Google Document and Wikimedia Meta
Number of editors
160	1033	We proposed that 220 editors will participate in our programs but 286 editors participated	https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/wikimedia_nigeria_2324_fiscal_year_projects/users
Number of organizers	#Wiki Fan clubs = 60 WIki UG Nigeria Network= 30 Others= 30	120	135	We proposed 120 people, and we achieved 135 Wiki Fan Clubs- 45 WIKI UG Networks- 70 Photographic Group- 20	Microsoft Excel

**Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project**
Wikimedia Project	Description	Target	Results	Comments	Methodology
Wikipedia	Number of articles improved ( disturbatrion)= 1000 ( English 250, Yoruba, 250, Hausa 250, Igbo,250 Number of articles created= 800 ( English 200, Hausa, 200, Igbo 200, Yoruba 200)	1800	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wikimedia Commons	over 5000 images will be contributed + 50 videos from oral history documentaion	5500	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wikidata	over 10, 000 items will be added to Wikidata	10000	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wikisource	over 1000 items will be added	1000	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

14. Were there any metrics in your proposal that you could not collect or that you had to change?

No

15. If you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results, please describe and add any recommendations on how to address them in the future.

None

16. Use this space to link or upload any additional documents that would be useful to understand your data collection (e.g., dashboards, surveys you have carried out, communications material, training material, etc).

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Part 4: Organizational capacities & partnerships edit

17. Organizational Capacity

Organizational capacity dimension
A. Financial capacity and management	This has grown over the last year, the capacity is high
B. Conflict management or transformation	This has grown over the last year, the capacity is high
C. Leadership (i.e growing in potential leaders, leadership that fit organizational needs and values)	This has grown over the last year, the capacity is high
D. Partnership building	This has grown over the last year, the capacity is high
E. Strategic planning	This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
F. Program design, implementation, and management	This has grown over the last year, the capacity is high
G. Scoping and testing new approaches, innovation	This has grown over the last year, the capacity is high
H. Recruiting new contributors (volunteer)	This has grown over the last year, the capacity is high
I. Support and growth path for different types of contributors (volunteers)	This has grown over the last year, the capacity is high
J. Governance	This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
K. Communications, marketing, and social media	This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
L. Staffing - hiring, monitoring, supporting in the areas needed for program implementation and sustainability	This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
M. On-wiki technical skills	This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
N. Accessing and using data	This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
O. Evaluating and learning from our work	This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
P. Communicating and sharing what we learn with our peers and other stakeholders	This has grown over the last year, the capacity is high
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17a. Which of the following factors most helped you to build capacities? Please pick a MAXIMUM of the three most relevant factors.

Formal training provided by a Wikimedia Movement organizing group (i.e., Affiliates, Grantees, Regional or Thematic Hub, etc.), Formal training provided from outside the Wikimedia Movement, Peer to peer learning with other community members in conferences/events

17b. Which of the following factors hindered your ability to build capacities? Please pick a MAXIMUM of the three most relevant factors.

Lack of staff time to participate in capacity building/training, Lack of volunteer time to participate in capacity building/training, Barriers to access training because of connectivity or equipment

18. Is there anything else you would like to share about how your organizational capacity has grown, and areas where you require support?

No

19. Partnerships over the funding period.

Over the fund period...
A. We built strategic partnerships with other institutions or groups that will help us grow in the medium term (3 year time frame)	Strongly agree
B. The partnerships we built with other institutions or groups helped to bring in more contributors from underrepresented groups	Strongly agree
C. The partnerships we built with other institutions or groups helped to build out more content on underrepresented topics/groups	Agree

19a. Which of the following factors most helped you to build partnerships? Please pick a MAXIMUM of the three most relevant factors.

Staff hired through the fund, Institutional support from the Wikimedia Foundation, Volunteers from our communities

19b. Which of the following factors hindered your ability to build partnerships? Please pick a MAXIMUM of the three most relevant factors.

Lack of interest from partners, Local policies or other legal factors, Lack of staff to conduct outreach to new strategic partners

20. Please share your learning about strategies to build partnerships with other institutions and groups and any other learning about working with partners?

We realised that many organisations want to associate with the Wikimedia brand, but they don't know the long-term impact of a partnership with our organization. Some partners just want to partner with us to promote their businesses, while others don't just see a need to do so because the lasting impact of such a partnership is not clear. But most mission-aligned organisations that focus on advancing free knowledge are keen on partnering with us. Our strategy includes showing them examples of organisations that have partnered with us and their impact.

Part 5: Sense of belonging and collaboration edit

21. What would it mean for your organization to feel a sense of belonging to the Wikimedia or free knowledge movement?

We would feel a sense of belonging if the following conditions are satisfied

Inclusion and Representation: Our perspectives, experiences, and contributions are acknowledged and valued within the broader Wikimedia community. This includes representation in decision-making processes, visibility of Nigerian content and contributors on Wikimedia projects, and recognition of Nigerian cultural and linguistic diversity.
Engagement and Participation: Our members are encouraged and supported to contribute to various Wikimedia projects, whether through content creation, editing, organizing events, or participating in discussions and collaborations.
Support and Resources: We benefit from access to training, mentorship, grants, and technical assistance to enable our members to effectively contribute to the Wikimedia movement.
Recognition: Our contributions are recognized, and integrated into the broader narrative of the Wikimedia movement, both locally and globally.

22. How has your (for individual grantees) or your group/organization’s (for organizational grantees) sense of belonging to the Wikimedia or free knowledge movement changed over the fund period?

Increased significantly

23. If you would like to, please share why it has changed in this way.

Enthusiasms to participate We have seen great enthusiasms from members to participate in our programs and their willingness to provide support for our group
Feedback mechanisms We collected feedback about the Wikimedia Nigeria Community Award and findings shows that our members have a sense of belonging to the Wikimedia or free knowledge movement
Accessibility to micro-grant We award micro-grant for community members to carry out projects and feedbacks from grantees shows they have a sense of belonging to our community and the broader Wikimedia or free knowledge movement

24. How has your group/organization’s sense of personal investment in the Wikimedia or free knowledge movement changed over the fund period?

Increased significantly

25. If you would like to, please share why it has changed in this way.

Increased Engagement: We have experienced increased engagement and participation from our members across the country in Wikimedia projects and activities over this fund period.
Integration into the broader community Our community has now been fully integrated into the Wikimedia movements and our members have been allowed to participate in global events organized in the broader Wikimedia movement.
Collaboration with other affiliate communities Collaboration with other Wikimedia chapters, user groups has provided opportunities members to connect with a broader community of Wikimedians.
Impactful Projects: We have implemented several tangible, pragmatic, and impactful projects, such as the Nigerian Oral History Documentation, of which our members are proud

26. Are there other movements besides the Wikimedia or free knowledge movement that play a central role in your motivation to contribute to Wikimedia projects? (for example, Black Lives Matter, Feminist movement, Climate Justice, or other activism spaces) If so, please describe it below.

No

Supporting Peer Learning and Collaboration edit

We are interested in better supporting peer learning and collaboration in the movement.

27. Have you shared these results with Wikimedia affiliates or community members?

Yes

27a. Please describe how you have already shared them. Would you like to do more sharing, and if so how?

We have shared them through mailing list, Wikimedia Diff and Meta-Wiki

28. How often do you currently share what you have learned with other Wikimedia Foundation grantees, and learn from them?

We do this rarely (less than twice a year)

29. How does your organization currently share mutual learning with other grantees?

There is a joint learning session organized by the program officer, Veronica Thaimani. This session provides opportunity for us to share our learning with other grantees and we also provides feedbacks on other grantees programs as well. These sessions provide a platform for sharing our experiences, best practices, challenges, and lessons learned. We also use Wikimedia platforms such as mailing lists, Wikimedia Diff, and social media groups to engage with other grantees and share updates, resources, and insights related to project implementation. We collaborate with other grantees (user groups in Nigeria) on joint projects or initiatives, which allows for the exchange of knowledge and expertise while working towards common goals. We also document project experiences on Meta-Wiki.

Part 6: Financial reporting and compliance edit

30. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.

87102695

31. Local currency type

NGN

32. Please report the funds received and spending in the currency of your fund.

Upload Documents, Templates, and Files.

Report funds received and spent, if template not used.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17mU7gMwIiEHNJEFsWm7luyxyLsbqFMll/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101598098093447600139&rtpof=true&sd=true

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2023-24_Annual_Grants_Report_of_the_Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria.pdf

33. 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.

34. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?

34a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.

$6261.08

34b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?

A. Propose to use the underspent funds within this Fund period with PO approval

34c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.

We plan to use the unspent fund to support other activities in the new Annual Plan Grant 2024, which will run from April 2024 to December 2024.

35. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?

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.

36. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?

Yes

37. 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

38. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here.

The Nigerian inflation rate increased to 29% in 2023, pushing the cost of items and commodities beyond the budgeted amount and the cost of executing some of our line items. Unfortunately, we did not envisage this scenario during the budget planning.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/668583-updated-nigerias-inflation-hits-29-9-amid-high-food-prices.html?tztc=1

We have uploaded a detailed analysis of the Community Support Grant to Wikimedia Commons.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2023-24_Annual_Grants_Report_of_the_Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria.pdf