Grants:Project/Rapid/Northern Region (Ghana) tinsi/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/Northern Region (Ghana) tinsi.
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Goals

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

  • We organized first, second, third, and fourth level Northern Region of Ghana administrative divisions information
  • We added statements and qualifiers about administrative divisions of Northern Region to Wikidata
  • We have documented the research and data import process so other editors may replicate the process to organize information about other regions

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 n/a 18 people We engaged 9 community volunteers who were mentored by 9 experienced editors
Number of articles created or improved = n/a 405 We created 405 articles on the Dagbani Wikipedia
Number of Wikidata items to be created or improved = 250 607 Instead of the proposed 250 wikidata items, we created or improved 607 items
Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia = n/a 45 We uploaded and used 45 photos to Wikimedia Commons
Number of references Added 182 We added 182 reference in all to the items created


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?

We started with a training session of volunteers and assigned them mentors on the project requirement. They collected data using google sheet on the available information and we started creating wikidata items for them. It was all round fun and amazing with the high spirit everyone invested to achieve the project goals.

We discovered and learnt new features about a lot of tools like the listeria bot, Wiki Shoot Me, Outreach dashboard and open Street Map. We created literia bots to help us track the activities.

  • What did not work so well?

Everything went well except that some of the information were oral from the natives instead of written documentation.

  • What would you do differently next time?

We would get some volunteers to travel to some of the places especially remote communities to take visuals or pictures

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 in GHS 13000
ITEM COMMENTS UNIT GHC QUANTITY TOTAL GHS
Printing/scanning documents Cost of printing/scanning documents 500 8 4000
Food and refreshment Cost of Food and refreshment for community members in the training session. 150 10 1500
Covid safety kits Paid for Face masks, hand sanitizers & covid tests 100 10 1000
Data allowance Paid to all participants to participate in the project. 200 10 2000
Internet data + Router Cost of rented router and loaded with internet data for the training session. 1000 n/a 1000
Co-working space service Cost of Laptop rental + use of co-working space during electricity powercuts 3000 n/a 3000
Misccellaneous Cost expenses that was not budgeted but expended, e.g. Bank charges, cost of data allowance transfer etc 500 n/a 500
TOTAL GHS 13000 13000
1USD = 6.05300 GHS (Oanda exchange - November 14, 2021)
TOTAL USD 2147.7 2147.7

Remaining funds

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Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No remaining funds

Anything else

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Anything else you want to share about your project?

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