Grants:Project/Rapid/The 2020 Afrocine Contest Nigeria/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2020-21 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/The 2020 Afrocine Contest Nigeria.
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Goals

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

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Number of participants-80	55	Target was not met.
Number of articles created or improved-200	819	We surpassed our goal by 400%

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?

We were able to create a line of communication among the leadership of the contest, this transcended in the coordination of our social media discussions, talking existing volunteers to act as facilitators for training sessions. This motivated existing and old participants into contributing conpetitively.

What did not work so well?

The terrible internet connection, our traiining sessions was virtual, this made us had multiple classes where the same things were taught. It also made the sessions expensive, boring and frustrating.

What would you do differently next time?

Adequately plan ahead, in the sense that trainings and recruiting of new editors will be done weeks before the contests begins, thereby giving room to motivating participants into coming on into the contest with a competitive mind.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Prizes for Winners-227,000
Internet for participants- 74,000
Branding and social media promotion- 115,000
Airtime for communication- 75,000
Delivery of Prizes- 76,000
Local Transportation- 22,000

Total: 589,000 NGN

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds? Yes, we have 4000 Naira left

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.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?