Grants:Project/Rapid/Faith Mwanyolo/Wiki Loves Women 2021 in Kenya/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2021-22 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/Faith Mwanyolo/Wiki Loves Women 2021 in Kenya.
• You may still comment on this report on its discussion page, or visit the discussion page to read the discussion about this report.
• You are welcome to Email rapidgrants at wikimedia dot org at any time if you have questions or concerns about this report.

Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Yes, all the goals were met. In general, the project went smoothly and we are looking forward to conducting something similar this year as well.

Outcome

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

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
3 events	2 physical events and several online follow-up sessions	The online follow-up sessions took up the slot for 1 physical event as this seemed to be a more thorough approach.
15 participants	6 final participants	Some participants dropped out of the campaign along the way
15 articles created / improved	17 articles created/ improved	The participants did a great job with the articles after the training and guiding sessions

Read more about the project outcomes here.

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? A lot of the participants were very eager to learn and contribute and hence ended up doing spectacular work. The sessions were very beneficial especially to the new editors.
• What did not work so well? Some of the participants dropped out and stopped communicating after receiving funds for data, especially after seeing the amount of technical work that is involved. This was an inconvenience as they had already been factored into the campaign and hence wasted a chance for those who were willing to take part but reached out when the slots were full.
• What would you do differently next time? Next time, I will clearly state what the parameters of the campaign to avoid people backing out especially when they realize the intensity of the work and research needed.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

• Data - 39,000 KES. Broken down as:

1. 15,000 KES for opening workshop
2. 15,000 KES for follow-up sessions
3. 9,000 KES for closing session/workshop

• Venue fees - 22,500 KES. Broken down as:

1. 7,500 for Cheche Bookshop
2. 15,000 for The Emory Hotel

• Food and refreshments - 18,120
• Broadbase banner - 9,500 KES
• Notebooks and pens - 2,400 KES
• Customized mugs - 3,200 KES
• Community outreach - 10,000 KES
• Transport reimbursment - 9650 KES

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

Remaining funds have been used or will be used for other approved mission-aligned activities. This use has been requested in writing and approved by WMF.

1,630 KES has remained. I plan to use these funds during Kenya's next upcoming project which is Wiki Loves Africa.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?