Grants:Project/Rapid/Bijay chaurasia/Wiki Loves Villages 2018/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2018-19 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

• To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/Bijay chaurasia/Wiki Loves Villages 2018.
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Project status

Did you comply with the requirements specified by WMF in the grant agreement?

YES

Is your project completed?

YES

Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?

We had set the goals before the start of the project such as:

• Spread awareness about Wikipedia and Wikimedia commons among rural areas people and local photographers.
• Collaboration with professional photographer's team.
• Engagement of new users in Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia and its sister projects.
• Take photographs of villages (Rural Municipalities) of three districts of Nepal.
• Improve the quality of images.
• Upload photographs with different subjects like culture, lifestyles, festivals, shelter, food, dress-up, people and educational institutions.

Yes, we met our goals as mentioned above to a greater extent. All of our team members put their best efforts for achieving the goals. We utilized social media platforms for spreading awareness and engaging participants throughout the country. Online news also facilitated us to convey our goals and programs to the community and people around the globe.

Yes, all of our team members including community is extremely happy with the output we achieved. We were more than excited to execute the plans for WLV 2018 since the beginning of the project. The huge number of female participants was the main highlight of the program. The meetup facilitated us to manage the logistics of the program, discuss the presentation topics, ultimately leading to the success of the program in an organized way. The training helped the participants to take photographs in a professional and qualitative way. The training helped the participants to take quality photographs which will increase the quality media files in commons. Our outreach at Jain Terapanth Bhawan was really worthy as we discussed incubator project i.e. Marwari Wikipedia. Participants were enthusiastic for making Marwari Wikipedia a standalone Wikimedia Project.

Activities and Learning

Featured Images

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  Nepalese Children in Tadapani, Ghandruk Nepal.
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  Jharkot Village
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  Pond of Kuruwapari Chaudharitol- Inaruwa, Kosi Municipality
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  Meeting point of Sunkoshi and Tama Koshi River from Beni Ghat

Quality Images

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  Girl selling Cucumber
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  Waste containers and Cigarette Butts
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  Demonstration Before Raft-Rafting in Trishuli River, Nepal
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  Bamboo Hut Near Pond of Kuruwapari Chaudharitol- Inaruwa, Kosi Municipality
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  Pujari at Chinnamasta Temple
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  Nepalese Children in Tadapani, Ghandruk Nepal.
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  Jharkot Village
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  Pond of Kuruwapari Chaudharitol- Inaruwa, Kosi Municipality
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  Meeting point of Sunkoshi and Tama Koshi River from Beni Ghat
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  Terrace Farming in Nepal in Rakathum VDC
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  Terrace Farming in Nepal in Rakathum VDC
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  Terrace Farming in Nepal in Rakathum VDC
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  Terrace Farming in Nepal in Rakathum VDC
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  Terrace Farming in Nepal in Rakathum VDC

Activities

WLV Team Provides a one hour photography training to the participants of Day-1 Event at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal, Biratnagar and Day-2 at Edumark in collaboration with Lions/Leo Club Biratnagar Unique.

The main goal of the event is to provide the idea of Wikimedia commons, Wikipedia, its sister projects and how to use them. This training helped the participants to take photographs in a professional and qualitative way. This training also helped them to know about Upload Wizard and the basic guidelines of Wikimedia Commons.

Training- Day 1

The highlight of the event was women’s participation. Many female signed up and participated in the event.

Event banner of WLV at Jain Terapanth Bhawan

Date

23 October, 2018

Venue

Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal, Biratnagar, Nepal

S.No	Details	Resource Person	Time
1	Welcome & Introduction to Wikipedia and creation of account.	Sandeep Raut	15 min
2	Introduction to different Wikimedia projects	Prem Parakh	10 min
3	About Uploading photos in commons, various guidelines about Copyright license	Bijay Chaurasia	20 min
4	Question Answer	Aasish Shah	15 min
5	Thanking Speech	Ajay Mehta

Reference

Event Page in Facebook

Training - Day 2

The event was promoted through social media, creating an event where the interested number of individuals were fifty. A one hour event was organized in coordination with Lions/Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique on Saturday at 11 am in Edumark Education.

Event banner of WLV at Edumark Education

Date

27 October, 2018

Venue

Edumark Education, Biratnagar, Nepal

S.No	Details	Resource Person	Time
1	Welcome & Introduction to Wikipedia and creation of account.	Sandeep Raut	15 min
2	Introduction to different Wikimedia projects	Prem Parakh	10 min
3	About Uploading photos in commons, various guidelines about Copyright license	Bijay Chaurasia	20 min
4	Question Answer	Aasish Shah	15 min
5	Thanking Speech	Ajay Mehta

Gallery

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  WLV 2018 Training at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal
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  WLV 2018 Training at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal
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  WLV 2018 Training at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal
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  WLV 2018 Training at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal
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  WLV 2018 Training at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal
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  WLV 2018 Training at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal
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  WLV 2018 Training at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal
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  WLV 2018 Training at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal
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  WLV 2018 Training at Jain Terapanth Bhawan Biratnagar Nepal
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique
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  WLV Training Program with Lions-Leo Club of Biratnagar Unique

Reference

Event Page in Facebook

Learning

Projects do not always go according to plan. Sharing what you learned can help you and others plan similar projects in the future. Help the movement learn from your experience by answering the following questions:

• What worked well?

First of all, everything works well in this project like our team helps to run this program. We are able to create awareness of Wikipedia, Commons as well as other sister projects. We are able to get The Team workforce, Real life offline meet-ups, Plans worked well. These factors played a great role in achieving the event targets.

• What did not work so well?

Everything work well that we got to quit

• What would you do differently next time?

For the Next time, we are planning to do Wiki Loves Villages as a contest. And we will ready a good plan for the photography contest in Nepal as well as other countries. I am planning to request Wikimedians from other community to run Wiki Loves Villages in their community or country.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

S.N.	Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1	Number of place to photograph	17+	Target reached.
2	Number of photowalk	1	Target reached.
3	Number of participants	75+	Target reached.
4	Number of Meet Up	100	Target reached.
5	Number of article or improved	100	Target reached.
6	Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons	1000	Target reached.

Finances

Grant funds spent

Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.

Number	Category	Item description	Actual total	Currency	Notes
1	Food, Accommodation and Travel (Customized Plan)	(food, Accommodation, Transportation)	140,000	NPR
2	Training and Meetups	Cold Drinks Snaks	41,625	NPR
3	Communication and internet	Internet and phone bills	11,299	NPR
4	Printing and Stationary	Notepad, sticky notes,etc	14,300	NPR
5	Food and Drinks		8,413.53	NPR
6	Miscellaneous		4,362.47	NPR
	Total		220,000	NPR

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

• NO

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?