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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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Members of Dallung Wikimedians Community during Kumbungu District Communities Project

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

The project goals were met and the project was full of excitement and new experiences since this was our first ever hybrid project.

  1. New editors were recruited.
  2. Existing editors got new skills in editing via the training sessions.
  3. Dagbani Wikipedia was improved by creating and improving many Dagbani articles.
  4. Wikidata items were created and others were improved.
  5. An appreciable number of photos were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

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: 3 3 We embarked on 3 series of training and editathons.
Number of participants: 25 30 We exceeded our target by 5 due to new recruitment.
Number of new editors: 5 5 The target was achieved by making the event opened for people to register.
Number articles created or improved: 104 117 Additional communities were uncovered to be part of the Kumbungu District which were not initially thought to be part.
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) : 25 30 The target was exceeded by 5 due to the recruitment of 5 new editors.
Number of Wikidata items created or improved : 104 107 Additional communities were uncovered to be part of the Kumbungu District which were not initially thought to be part
Number of photos uploaded on Wikimedia Commons : 104 106 Additional communities were uncovered to be part of the Kumbungu District which were not initially thought to be part
50% of the photos will be used on Wikipedia articles. 50.94% 50.94% of the photos were used on Wikimedia projects.


Learning

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Members of Dallung Wikimedians Community during Kumbungu District Communities Project

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 way the activities were sequenced contributed massively to the success of the project and made it easier than expected. We embarked on the photo walk first, got the photos and then had a training on Wikimedia Commons followed by an editathon where all the photos were uploaded to wiki commons. It was followed by a training on Wikidata, where we created/improved Wikidata items of the various communities. We had images ready to fill the wikidata statement-image for each community. The last to do was a training on Dagbani Wikipedia, where articles were created for the various communities and the articles were linked to their corresponding wikidata items.
  • What did not work so well?
Due to the hybrid nature of the project, where we had to deal with Wikidata, Wikimedia commons and Dagbani Wikipedia we faced a problem of repeated items with wrongly spelt titles. This was resolved by merging such items.
Time was allocated to train the new recruits specially and that worked well.
  • What would you do differently next time?
I have learnt that projects of this kind require much time hence I will use a lengthier period than what is used for this project in my next similar projects.

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.

BUDGET FUNDS RECEIVED IN GHS 16845
ITEM DETAILS UNIT GHS QUANTITY TOTAL
Workshops data allowance (participants) We will have 3 separate all-day workshops for Wikidata, Dagbani Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons; expecting 25 participants at each session 60 25 1500
Workshops data allowance (facilitators) 2 facilitators will provide training and support for the workshops 100 2 200
Data allowance (Editathon participants) We estimate for 25 people to participate in the month-long contest 100 25 2500
Food/Refreshment We estimate for 25 people to participate in the trainings and editathon 225 25 5625
Transportation Participants transportation will be taken care of for the photo walk 100 25 2500
Venue rental Venue will be rented for 3 workshop trainings and 1 editathon session 400 4 1600
Projector rental We will rent projector for the workshop trainings 100 4 400
Router Routers will be rented for 4 meetings 30 4 120
Covid safety kits Face masks, hand sanitizers & covid thermometer test will be provided for 25 expected participants 30 25 750
T-Shirts for photo walk T-Shirts will be provided to participants in the photo walk to the various communities. 50 25 1250
Bank Charges For all bank transfer charges. 400 1 400
TOTAL GHS 16845
1USD = 6.06664 GHS (Oanda exchange - November 6, 2021)
TOTAL USD 2,774.92


Remaining funds

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Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No funds remaining.


Anything else

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Anything else you want to share about your project?

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