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Wiki Loves Birds - Phase II
Rapid Fund Final Report

Report Status: Under review

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

Funding program: Rapid Fund

Report type: Final

Application

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General information edit

  • Applicant username: Nirmal Dulal
  • Organization name: N/A
  • Amount awarded: 3528.01
  • Amount spent: 3586.25 USD, 475000

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)

First of all, we organized WLB collaborating with Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN), an organization that has been working on the conservation of birds, their habitats, and sites since 1982. We also collaborated with interested groups, including reputed bird experts, wildlife photographers and researchers. As a result of this collaboration, we organized and executed different photo walks from our associative partners as of Mr. Vimal Thapa (Vice-President of Bird Conservation Nepal and Bird expert), Mr. Ramesh Chaudhary (Board Member of Bird Conservation Nepal and Bird expert), and Mr. Jaya Nath Bhandari (Member of Bird Conservation Nepal and Bird expert).

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

• Project page on Meta-Wiki - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Birds

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://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10MG4INlohMhNFnH29eHj6dR6Vurf3Pl-/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109500121564950675098&rtpof=true&sd=true

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)

Our efforts during the Fund period have helped to...
A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups Agree
B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community Not applicable to your fund
C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups Not applicable to your fund
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives Not applicable to your fund
E. Encourage the retention of editors Agree
F. Encourage the retention of organizers Agree
G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement 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: In this project through this collaborations with numerous parties and associates we hope to built a strong and productive enthusiastic task force to create and distribute the free and open knowledge to everyone needed.

Well, learning has always been a crucial part of every event, especially the mass events. So, something we overcame this year is cross-organizational collaborations with various field-related organizations during photo-walks and awareness sessions. Afterwards, we do have hope and believe to continue such mutual ventures in future as well.

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)

Good Sides of the Project:;

  • Coordination and collaboration: It has built up nice coordination and relationships with Bird Conservation Nepal, bird experts in Nepal, and reputed authors. Their collaboration and active participation in this project by way of photo uploading, species identification, and article creation have enriched Wikipedia.
  • Team's work: The Wiki Loves Birds project has collaborated with a good number of professional photographers who have great equipment for macro photography. So this project has formed an enthusiastic team of photographers who are willing to contribute to Wikimedia Commons.
  • Creation and expansion of articles: This project has created and developed more than 100 articles on birds of Nepal on Nepali Wikipedia, which has upheld the very motto of the Wikimedia movement of knowledge development and sharing.

Number and Quality of photograph: This time we were able to upload numbers of quality images of birds found in Nepal to Wikimedia Commons.

Bad Sides of the Project;

  • Weather: This year, an unwanted rain disturbed our plan for a photowalk.
  • Less Participation from Community: On October 08, 2023, I put a proposal on Nepali Wikipedia Village Pump regarding the call for participation in this event, but only a few Nepali Wikipedians showed interest in it. However, we started the project by collaborating with BCN and the Friends of Birds Group.

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)

Learning itself is a continuous process and we’ve been learning a lot throughout the project ever since. Regarding sharing all these experiences and learning along with the result, shortly we will surely elaborate the concept and theme with different communities working within Nepal during meet-up and gathering. In the future we’re desperately looking forward to sharing and expanding these concepts globally with other global communities and groups via online meet-ups and global events like Wikimedia summit and Wikimania.

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 30 30
Number of editors 15 16
Number of organizers 3 3
Wikimedia project Target Result - Number of created pages Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia 100 5 100
Wikimedia Commons 500 666 200
Wikidata 100 0 100
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies 25 0 35
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
21 Valued Images

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)

475000

11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)

3586.25

12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)

Upload the financial report

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

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