Grants:Project/Rapid/Data-a-thon Event/Report

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Goals

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

Yes we did exceed our goal for the project, we had a lot of exciting volunteers who keen to have and understand how wikidata works,make entries by contribution and also celebrating the the birthday.

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
We were looking at 20 people to attend the event We had 25 volunteers available for the training and contribution to wikidata. Our event exceeded the number we needed but we had an awesome time with the volunteers through skills training and professional development
To create 200 wikidata entries We had over 1000 wikidata entries. Over 1000 wikidata entries were made looking at the list of articles provided for the project.


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?

The training sessions we organized both on and offline were awesome, we had participants who were eager to learn and make a difference where ever they are. we had a lot of contributions to wikidata and we were amazed of the number article contribute on wikidata birthday.

  • What did not work so well?

Because of Covid-19 we had really wanted to have more in-person event to help some of the participant or volunteers struggling with making entries

  • What would you do differently next time?

Engage more volunteers next time by increasing the current numbers to a higher one and also do much entries because there is a lot of work to be done

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.

  • Internet for two day training - GHC 2000
  • Food for 3 day training - GHC 1000
  • Transportation for two day training - GHC 500
  • Venue for two days - GHC 1000
  • Data scholarships for 20 participant - GHC 5000
  • PPE's = GHC 500

Remaining funds

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Do you have any remaining grant funds?

None of the funds were left.

Anything else

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Anything else you want to share about your project?