Grants:Project/Rapid/Photo Tour of Urban Green Spaces in Lagos State/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/Photo Tour of Urban Green Spaces in Lagos State.
• 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! The project went well and goals were met. Over 500 photos were uploaded on wiki commons, over 100 of these photos were used in articles and over 49,000 article views have been generated so far as at the time of reporting. It was a worthwhile event and an exhilarating one. Partnerships were established for further promotion of open source knowledge and local content representation with participants.

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
Number of participants should be at least 5	Number of participants were 10	10 participants were recorded for the photo tour project
Number of photos to be uploaded on Wiki Commons should be at least 500	544 photos were uploaded on wiki commons	5 participants registered on the dashboard uploaded 544 photos on wiki commons through this project which has generated over 49,000 article views
Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects should be at least 100	102 photos were used in articles on the English Wikipedia	Articles were created for parks visited and over 100 photos uploaded on wiki commons were added to relevant articles

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?

Funds provided ensured the project was carried out effortlessly. Participants had a great time understanding the concept of open source knowledge and contributed towards the success of the campaign by collectively achieving our objectives.

• What did not work so well?

Some parks that were visited during the duration of the project were not accessible due to some bureaucratic bottlenecks with the administration, ownership status (some private parks refused to divulge information to be represented on free knowledge). Some parks prevented the use of digital cameras, high quality camera phones were used in such cases to take some shots with permission for that granted. Limited resources for citations also hindered the verification of some parks.

• What would you do differently next time?

Background information would be carried out for the locations before visit to forestall matters like these in subsequent projects. Extensive research to get citations for verification would continue to be carried out by participants and any other volunteer in providing references to these articles.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

• Local Transport - 1 NGN200,000 | $485.47 This was the cost of the vehicle procurement (car and fuel) to be hired which conveyed the participants within the state for 5 days of the project.
• Food and drinks - NGN3,000 X 5 Participants = NGN15,000 X 5 Days = NGN75,000 | $182.05 This was used to cover the feeding and refreshment of the 5 participants for the 5 days during the photo tour.
• Food and drinks - 10 Participants X NGN2,000 = NGN20,000 | $48.54 This provided food on the sixth day when photos were uploaded.
• Branded T-Shirts - 10 Participants X NGN3,000 = NGN30,000 | $72.82 This was shared to the participants as souvenir for the project.
• Data allowance during the upload session - 5 Participants X NGN5,000 = NGN25,000 | $60.69 This was the cost of data for each of the 5 participants to upload the various photos taken.
• Accommodation - 3 Rooms X 5 Nights @NGN20,000/Room = NGN300,000 | $728.20 Accommodation cost for 5 nights with 2 participants sharing a room, resulting to 3 rooms during the photo tour.
• Work Space - NGN60,000 | $145.64 A work-space was acquired for uploading contents and networking with partnering organizations around issues on free knowledge and urban green spaces on the sixth day.
• Camera Rentage - 2 Cameras @NGN10,000 X 6 Days = NGN60,000 | $145.64 This was the cost of renting 2 digital cameras for 6 days to take quality images for the photo tour and at the upload and discussion session.
• Roll-Up Banner - NGN25,000 | $60.69 The banner was printed and displayed to help with visibility and better identification.
• Contingency cost - NGN20,000 | $48.55 This was spent on calls, bank charges, logistics and other contingencies.

TOTAL = NGN815,000 | $1,978.29

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds? No. Funds were adequately utilized as budgeted.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

Campaigns like this have been vital in facilitating the representation of local content on free knowledge through the free encyclopedia. This was established in the outcome of this project through promoting the visibility of urban spaces in Lagos State on a more bigger platform like this for the world to access and learn from.