WikiProjectMed:WMMED/Reports/2025

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This is a report of activities of Wiki Project Med Foundation for 2025. It is not a complete list of everything we have done this year but represents a highlight of our work. The compiling of this report — like much that we do — has been a group effort, and we encourage involvement by further individuals within the wider membership.

Projects and activities[1]

MDWiki

NC Commons

Nigerian community via Amb. Olushola Olaniyan interested in using NC Commons.

Offline

Apps

Internet-in-a-Box

https://www.slashgear.com/2009691/offline-google-alternative-internet-in-a-box/

Translation

Leaderboard

VideoWiki

In 17 languages as of September 2025. Hundreds of videos built by the tool on Commons.[2]

In 2025 we began collaborating with Mermory to produce short animations for videowiki.[3] We also restarted our auto upload to Youtube.[4]

Project Korikath’s WikiWomen Bangladesh team and the NDEC Wikipedia Editorial and Research Team (NDEC WERT) collaborated with Wiki Project Med Foundation to test a workflow for translation of medical videos. The NDEC WERT part of this team consisted of grade eleven students who were new to Wikimedia. Despite their beginner status, they translated 40+ VideoWiki videos into Bangla.

Project Korikath’s WikiWomen Bangladesh team has long supported the volunteer operations and campaigns of Project Korikath. This was the first instance where they operated as an independent team. Engaging women in Wikimedia activities has often been a challenge. Together, three of the team members translated five videos. This translation effort was an experimental initiative aimed at evaluating how effectively NDEC WERT and the WikiWomen Bangladesh team could contribute to WikiProject Med Foundation's activities. Their success in this endeavor demonstrates their potential to take on more meaningful and impactful projects in the near future.

OurWorldinData

In 1 language of Wikipedia as of September of 2025.
Talk at Wikimania[5][6]
Rolled out in Basque WP[7]
WMF accepted the use of our prior method of visualization which was discussed on EN WP but declined.

Calculator

Outreach

Working with Dzongkha community to add medical dictionary to Commons and integrate it into Wikidata. Being worked on by Ibrahem.

Meet in person with the Uganda, Rwanda, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia communities in their respective capitals to introduce our translation dashboard and rich content work.

Images

Illustrators working with us
Informed communities we are open for suggestions

Wikimania

Key members

Doc James (Yes)
Tim Moody (Yes)
Chinthanie Dissanayake (Yes)

Collaborators

Galder (Yes)
Stephane Coillet-Matillon (Yes)

Fiscal sponsor

In 2025 we took on the role of being fiscal sponsor to Yemen Wikimedia User Group.

Other

Presented our work during a Commons discussion Feb 5 2025
Overview of efforts were discussed in the June Signpost

Administration

Board

No change in board members. Douglas Scott added as a special advisor.

Membership

Charity status

Taxes filed and status maintained

2025 Budget

Approved by the board Oct 9, 2025.

Within the WMF grant of $180,000

Language Empowerment (Translation Coordinator) $25,000
Language Empowerment (Website Hosting and Improvements) $20,000
Global Access (IIAB Hardware) $25,000
Global Access (IIAB Programmers) $10,000
Rich Content Development (Programmer Dashboard and NCCommons) $10,000
Rich Content Development (VideoWiki) $30,000
Rich Content Development (Calculator/OWID Integration) $25,000
Community and Travel (Conference Scholarships) $10,000
Organizational Development (Fundraising and Impact Support) $18,000
Organizational Development (Administrative and Tax Support) $7,000

The Board recognizes that financial needs may fluctuate throughout the fiscal year. Any changes of up to 10% to individual budget line items may be approved by the WPM:Grant Oversight Committee. Any changes over 10%, however, must be approved by the Board. Grant contact person at the WMF is Chris Schilling.

2026 Budget

Approved by the board Oct 9, 2025.

Hopefully within the WMF grant of $180,000

Language Empowerment (Translation Coordinator) $15,000
Language Empowerment (Website Hosting and Improvements) $20,000
Global Access (IIAB Hardware/Supplies) $35,000
Global Access (IIAB Programmers) $10,000
Rich Content Development (Programmer Dashboard and NCCommons) $15,000
Rich Content Development (VideoWiki) $25,000
Rich Content Development (Calculator/OWID Integration) $25,000
Community and Travel (Conference Scholarships) $10,000
Organizational Development (Fundraising and Impact Support) $18,000
Organizational Development (Administrative and Tax Support) $7,000

Financials

All values are in USD.

Income

We applied for a 180,000 USD grant (R-GS-2409-17211) from the WMF for 2025.
We applied for a 180,000 USD grant per year for 2026, 2027, and 2028.

Expenses

Jan 2, Tax person $437.50 USD
Apr 25, Tax person $437.50 USD
Jan 17, IIAB plastic for Benoit €114.11
WU to BN for volunteer on video effort get together $100

Year balance (net change)

Assets Dec 31st 2024

Three year goals

Integrate interactive OWID graphs into at least 10 languages and build work flows to keep this material up to date.
Keep the translation dashboard functional and expand the number of translators to >250, articles to >10,000 translated, languages worked in to >70, and pageviews to over 10 million. Reengage with TWB.
Expand the number of articles ready to translate from 3,000 to 4,000
Build the workflow for integrating content from NC Commons to languages of Wikipedia that wish to use it
Move 500,000 public domain images from NC Commons to Commons and get them viewable with the CT scan viewer
Create a flexible calculator widget and get it working within a few languages of Wikipedia
Continue to distribute IIAB via the Wikipedia store. This may require outsourcing assembly of the devices and customer support
Upload all of the Khan and TED videos to NC Commons
Publish a paper in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization on the outcomes of our multi year collaboration around essential medicines
Work with Basque Wikipedia around video creation.
Looks at introducing a text to video feature within VideoWiki
Develop relationships around medical illustrations

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