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Grants:Project/Rapid/Global Open Initiative/Community and Team Engagement/Report

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Report accepted
This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2020-21 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, As at the time this grant was proposed, Ghana was on lockdown due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases. This became really difficult for us to organize in-person Wikipedia workshops. Thanks to this grant we were able to host several online virtual workshops, bi-weekly meetings, community and team monthly calls.

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 total participants at community meetings: 250 260 We host over 20 online workshops for both Global Open Initiative and the Dagbani Wikipedia communities.
Number of total participants at team meetings: 125 112 We hosted a total of 30 team meetups for both communities.
Number of new users engaged/recruited into Wikimedia movement: 50 152 We recruited 30 new volunteers into the Global Open Initiative community and supported the Dagbani Wikipedia community to establish the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group with a total of 122 community members.
Number of training videos (tutorials) uploaded to Wikimedia Commons: 20 18 We created a total of 18 custom tutorials for community members.
N/A Established 2 languages Wikipedia communities. Through our community online meetups, we were able to establish the Dagbani and the Twi Wikipedia communities.


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?
  1. We were able to stay connected with our community by organizing team and community meetups, editathons and virtual workshops.
  2. It gave us the opportunity to onboard new editors who would otherwise not get the opportunity to attend in-person workshops due to lack of time.
  3. We recruited new volunteers to our community during online meetups.
  4. We were able to meet regularly to discuss our new and ongoing projects as a team.
  5. Community members had the opportunity to know each other beyond their usernames.
  • What did not work so well?
  1. Some people struggled to stay connected during zoom calls due to network challenges.
  2. Even though we tried to accommodate everyone, some people could not join some of our weekend sessions.
  • What would you do differently next time?

We will try to buy or rent internet devices to members who can not afford them. We will try to engage more people to understand what days will work for everyone so more members can participate.

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 11543.91
Item Details Unit Number of Events Quantity per Event Total GhS
Team meetings Data for participants; 25 total meetings for 8 expected participants per meeting 15 25 8 3000
Community meetings Data for participants; 25 total meetings for 20 expected participants per meeting 15 25 20 7500
Zoom annual subscription at 119.92USD for 1 year We used zoon business to record and stream sessions to Facebook or YouTube simultaneously USD 119.92 683.48
Total GHS spent 11183.48
Total USD Recieved (Oanda Exchange, 7 June 2020) 1990.50

Remaining funds

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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.
  • Remaining funds = Ghs 360.43

Anything else

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Anything else you want to share about your project?

  1. All virtual meetings, YouTube live streams and online video tutorials by Global Open Initiative and the Twi Wikipedia communities are available here.
  2. All virtual meetings, YouTube live streams and online video tutorials by the Dagbani Wikipedia community are available here.
  3. Dagbani Wikimedia User is now a recognised affiliate user group
  4. We formed an active Twi Wikipedia community
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