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Report accepted
This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2021-22 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.


Goals

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Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Yes, all project goals were met. They were met as follows:

  1. We recruited new editors
  2. We introduced new editors to Wikipedia and its sister projects
  3. We created created/improved Wikidata items.
  4. New editors were trained to contribute to Wikidata.

Outcome

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Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.


Target outcome Achieved outcome Explanation
Number of events=4 4 We succeeded in organizing all the 4 events successfully.
Number of participants=50 32 Some of the participants are teachers in communities far from the hosting venue hence could not take part physically. Nevertheless, they were contacted after the event and taken through what was taught at the event via zoom.
Number of Wikidata items created or improved=60 141 We exceeded our target by a whooping 81 items edited. These participants being new to the Wikimedia Movement were motivated by the way that they were introduced to the Movement and some of the projects.
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)=50 32 Some of the participants are teachers and far away at their various schools and hence could not take part in the physical event but they were still taken through the same training via zoom.


Learning

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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?

Participants were grouped into two where we had 16 them in each group. We targeted 50 members to participate but due to reasons explained earlier we had the target number short of 18. This division greatly worked for us because we had time to attend to individual concerns during the question and answer session since number of participants was reasonable. Internet access fluctuations has always been a challenge a in most of of events but this time around we were able to put that to rest because of the internet backups that we made provision for.

  • What did not work so well?

Unannounced electrical power outages marginally hindered some sessions of the event.

  • What would you do differently next time?

We would make provision for secondary source of electrical power in order to cater for unexpected power outages.

Finances

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Grant funds spent

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

Amount Received 23,470
ITEM DETAILS UNIT GHS QUANTITY TOTAL
Workshops data allowance (participants) We had 4 separate all-day workshops for Wikidata organized , 2 each for first and second groups of participants. One group had 23 and the other 22 participants that participated. 60 50 3000
Workshops data allowance (facilitators) 2 facilitators were reimbursed with data allowance. 100 2 200
Data allowance (Editathon participants) 50 members participated in the overall event, 32 in-person and the remaining 18 were trained via zoom due to their inability to participate in the physical event. 100 50 5000
Food/Refreshment Participants were provided with food and refreshment. 225 50 11250
Venue rental We rented venue for the 4 workshop trainings coupled with editathon session 400 4 1600
Projector rental We rented projector for the workshop trainings 100 4 400
Router Routers were rented for the 4 meetings 30 4 120
Covid safety kits Face masks, hand sanitizers & covid thermometer test were provided. 30 50 1500
Bank Charges For all bank transfer charges. 400 1 400
TOTAL GHS 23,470
1USD = 7.16702 GHS (Oanda exchange - March 13, 2022)
TOTAL USD 3,274.72

Remaining funds

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Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No funds remained.

Anything else

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Anything else you want to share about your project?

This is a link to the dashboard of the event.

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