Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikidata Trainings on LGBTQ in Nigeria Followup (ID: 22025625)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2023-04-30T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Alliances Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Wikidata Trainings on LGBTQ in Nigeria Followup
- Username of Applicant: Hadassahlove
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 2721.2
- Amount spent: 2441.38 USD, 1197000 NGN
Part 1 Understanding your work edit
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
We went to two different locations to train queer persons on contributing to Wikimedia projects in partnership with Bisi Alimi Foundation.
The first training was held in Lagos while the other was held at Calabar, Cross River state.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
Partnering with Bisi Alimi Foundation made it all easy and productive as they provided safety for all queer participants.
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 | Strongly agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | 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?
Alot of Nigerian queer persons now comfortable to share their story and contribute due to this project success
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?
I learned that with proper follow-up; you an support underrepresented topics/communities and people should be given the chance to tell their stories their own way.
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?
More participants prefer physical events to online events and are willing to contribute. I learned to always make the event hybrid for maximum participation.
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?
I hope to continue to build a community of strong resilient queer wiki community in Nigeria
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motivation | Survey on why they want to keep contributing to the WIkimedia projects | 50 | 60 | They want to keep contributing as they see Wikimedia projects as a sort of advocacy to tell their stories and be online activism rather than carrying placards. | Word of mouth, Survey |
| More Queer participants | Increasing the inclusion of more queer participants | 100 | 143 | More queer content have been included through this program | Dashboard tool |
| 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 | 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 | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | We expect a total of 200 particpants from both virtual and in-prson | 200 | 115 | We had to focus on only in-person sessions | Dashboard tool and counting |
| Number of editors | Queer editors that will be readily available to edit | 150 | 60 | only less than 60 editors was able to contribute as this is due to internet lag | Dashboard tool |
| Number of organizers | Atleast 4 numbr of organizers | 4 | 6 | Various organizers work hand in hand to make the project successful. | Counting |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikidata | Number of Wikidata Items to be created or improved | 1000 | 700 | Lot of WIkidata items was improved | Dashboard |
| Wikimedia Commons | Images from the event and other notable queer portraits will also be uploaded | 100 | 50 | about 50 images contributed | Dashboard |
| 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 | 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.
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.
No
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.
1197000 NGN
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
2441.38 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/13HLWNnFPJCgoEPwizS93xlMxHjza4bm2-j_TiHH8NMs/edit?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.
N/A
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.
48,400NGN
It wasn't spent as we had to focus more on the in-person part of the project and left out virtual due to better effectiveness of the in-person event.
18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
B. Propose to use them to partially or fully fund a new/future grant request with PO approval
18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
To subtract them from next project if funded
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.
This project further showed the need to focus on LGBTQ+ topics in Nigeria and to create a further program on a more focused in-person training for queer persons in Nigeria.
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