Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Luanda 101 (ID: 22161205)/Final Report

Rapid Fund Final Report

Report Status: Under review

Due date: 2023-09-05T00:00:00Z

Funding program: Rapid Fund

Report type: Final

Application

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General information

• Title of Proposal: Wiki Luanda 101
• Username of Applicant: Jaliya B.
• Name of Organization: N/A
• Amount awarded: 4081.72
• Amount spent: 4068.61 USD, 2079300 ANG

Part 1 Understanding your work

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

Wiki Luanda 101 was held on the 9th and 10th of September. On the 1st day, the idea was to familiarise the workshop participants with the Wikimedia universe and present Wiki Luanda. On the 2nd day, the idea was to apply what had been learned in the previous day and to do something practical through an edit-a-thon. We teamed up with 2 more experienced Wiki groups to organise the event.

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

Getting support from Wiki Editoras LX and the Black Lunch Table was strategic: we counted on their support for putting together the program and they participated in the event. It was good that the participants saw that there are people, groups across the world that shape and contribute to the “Wikiverse” and this highlighted the message about community that is one of the pillars of the Wiki Luanda approach.

3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.

Field to type in URLs.

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.

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	Agree
C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups	Agree
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives	Agree
E. Encourage the retention of editors	Agree
F. Encourage the retention of organizers	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?

We have created an intentional partnership with Rompe Luanda, a Angolan artivist collective led by Queer artists as a way to make sure that more underrepresented groups could have access to our workshop. This goal has also achieved since Wiki Luanda activities are shared in Rompe's monthly programe reaching more people

Part 2: Your main learning

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

We have noticed that some of the outlined learning priorities still need to be improved . This time around we were able to learn more about the administrative part of becoming an editor; improving our skills as facilitators and the ones teaching other about wiki user group while also learning ; we learn how to take notice of some of the challenges on retaining and mobilizing editors since not all of then comeback ion the second day; and finally we felt that we still need to learn about wikimedia and the different platforms .

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?

We have learned that having an fixed space to gather really makes a different and allows us to create a better safe space for new editors  ; finding that making sure you have the right partners, one that don't impose their views because they do not know the context it's also something that we are learning to assert more in the next times. We knew about some of the administrative costs were essentials (such as the ones for food, water and internet) but we noticed that computers its a must . A lot of people in Luanda don't have their own computer so we had to create group of more than to people during the workshop . Nonetheless, its was a great learning experience.

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 want to continue to organize editathons , learning ore about the different platforms on wikimedia, more events in Africa region but more importantly on how to retain our current editors and mobilize new one's. We want to continue our relationship with Rompe Space as our main editathon gatherings, not only beacause its such a welcoming space with community meals , library and art studio but it's also in one of the most historical neighborhood in Luanda: Chicala . It's having this in mind that we want to request for our next rapid fund to organize a photowalk in Chicala. With that we want to retain our current editors but also link cultural photo and historical events as a way to mobilize new one's. this would allows to learn more about commons; edit the Chicala wikipedia page and how to mobilize new editors through cultural events as well as extend partnerships with other initiatives in Luanda. The goal is to end the year with at least 10/15 new editors as well as to make our wiki group visible in Luanda

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

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 Summary

Open Metrics	Description	Target	Results	Comments	Methodology
Interest in Wikimedia projects	% of participants of day 1 that participated on day 2 practical activities	N/A	8	We had 16 registration to our workshop; 8 attended the workshop on Saturday witch made a total of 10 participants counting wiki Luanda user group facilitators on Saturday and 7 on Sunday .	We used the activities photos and facts sheets
Interest in becoming an active contributor to WM projects	% of participants that refers willingness to continue to edit % of participants who edit on the next 30 days after the event	N/A	5	We finished the workshop with 5 new editors making a total of 7 editors counting with the 2 Wiki Luanda user group facilitators	Wiki Luanda group Whatsapp group created with the one's who decided to join the group
WM movement Awareness	% of participants who refer having increased their knowledge on WM projects	N/A	5	The pads created individually by each group and review of those pads with Wiki Editoras Lx	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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 Summary

Core metrics	Description	Target	Results	Comments	Methodology
Number of participants	# of attendees of the events, disaggregated by the sessions.	25	8	We had 16 registration to our workshop; 8 attended the workshop on Saturday witch made a total of 10 participants counting wiki Luanda user group facilitators on Saturday and 7 on Sunday .	We used the activities photos and facts sheets
Number of editors	# of people who participated in the editing activities		7	We finished the workshop with 5 new editors making a total of 7 editors counting with the 2 Wiki Luanda user group facilitators	Wiki Luanda group Whatsapp group created with the one's who decided to join the group
Number of organizers			2	The wiki Luanda user group at the time was only made of two members

Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project

Wikimedia Project	Description	Target	Results	Comments	Methodology
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N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
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N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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.

Yes

12a. State what difficulties you had.

We don't have the knowledge of how to collect of this data. It was our first event. We will learn more along the way

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?

We will created the next events with more time to plan and to learn all the sheets we need to have to collect as much information as possible . We will request Wiki Editoras LX to assist us in improving this area.

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.

You can find more about our communication material here

https://www.instagram.com/wiki_luanda/

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.

We wrote a article with Wiki Editoras LX to share our experience in organizing the workshop with them

Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance

15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.

2079300 ANG

16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.

4068.61 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.

You can find the google sheet and folder with invoices here 1. Google sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sO8_WKiEQH_xYqooTxrTSPRSmacDEPX8/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105050418986366819646&rtpof=true&sd=true

2. Folder with invoices https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CWFiTPGiwgZUai3w5St9AZgxlpCl8w-f?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.

We had an unspent amount because of currency changes, you can find in our invoice folder the document proving the unspent ammount

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.

Wiki Luanda has an underspend of 1,257,541.65 kwanzas. We would like to note that because bank withdrawals on the project happened after a fluctuation, the actual local currency recieved was larger than the initial granted project projections.

18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?

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

18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.

Wiki Luanda hopes to continue existing projects with these remaining funds which will remain a part of Wikmedia work that WikiLuanda is doing. We shall send a detailed project plan to the PO and request approval.

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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