Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiVibrance in South Sudan 2022 (ID: 21912709)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Community Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: WikiVibrance in South Sudan 2022
- Username of Applicant: Lomoraronad
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 3000
- Amount spent: 3000 USD, 1950000 SGD
Part 1 Understanding your work edit
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
We managed to create training for newbies, and conducted the awarding program during the Wikivibrance successfully,
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
The use of peer-to-peer learning was effective during the sessions in aiding an environment of learners to get more of what was being shared, the use and addition of a young community added strength and vibrance to the project during and hence the push to get results, We also managed to use Local based organizations as partners in the project for mobilisation and this helped us to get a wider reach but also to easily track some of the ways we did our work
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
N/A
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 | Agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Strongly agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Strongly 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?
This project was implemented in Juba South Sudan a country that has just recovered from a war-torn country divided under ethnic lines not only is it that the training bring in a diverse community of South Sudanese but it also allowed them to peacefully participate in a common goal in creating / documenting about South Sudan
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?
We learned about the young wikimedians exhibiting leadership in different capacities in their communities, youth participation, diversity, and how better to support the work of young wikimedians in the South Sudan community.
We also understood the impact of the recovering economy on youth participation in the country and these statistics should be shared by the whole community
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?
The anticipated number of Wikimedians increase which was amazing as interest grew through out the country from different types of communities but as well that hurt in the budget
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?
We shall develop a continuing project after the feedback and information from our learning site to continue in reading the participation of youths iu wikimedia related projects
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 30 | new members, new members who came to be a part of the event | dashboard |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 20 | editors | N/A |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | We shall have 30 participants 15 male and 15 female | 30 | 20 | we had 20 diverse youths that we selected from a competitive selection | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XxZ75x2XKV8Wic25GItXsT5xLP8Cu-vw92aE3MBdTdY/edit#gid=1909529634 |
| Number of editors | we shall have new and old members sign in the dash board | 20 | 20 | we had 20 new members | Dash Board |
| Number of organizers | We shall have only one organiser that is us, with an associate organisation to aid in the mobilisation of the particpants | 1 | 10 | we had an increased number of the organizers as more people felt like being a part of the process | Dash Board and physical appearance |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 20 articles | 20 | 72 | wikipedia articles created | dashboard, https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Community_User_group_South_Sudan/WikiVibrance_IYD_2022_in_South_Sudan_(12.09.2022) |
| Wikimedia Commons | 30 photos | 30 | 70 | Photos uploaded | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Community_User_group_South_Sudan/WikiVibrance_IYD_2022_in_South_Sudan_(12.09.2022)
Dashboard |
| Wikidata | 50 wikidata items | 50 | 1300000 | Article views, states the number of people really interested in South Sudan content | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Community_User_group_South_Sudan/WikiVibrance_IYD_2022_in_South_Sudan_(12.09.2022) |
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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.
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.
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance edit
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
1950000 SGD
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
3000 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/1U9KaqAybZv-eKVLmiUuaFL_qSiYCFRV923WP_Y7u-KQ/edit#gid=0
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.
We managed to have a change in the amount that was exchanged because of the country's exchange rate, and this affected us but we managed to create re adjustments
18. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
18a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
N/A
18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
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.
We don't have our currency SSP on the list of currencies
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