Grants:Project/Rapid/UG MAI/Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Nepal/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2017-18 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/UG MAI/Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Nepal.
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Goals

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

Yes We successfully meet our goals, what we mentioned in our Grant proposal. With the past experience of WLE 2016 and WLE 2017, We have successfully engaged the existing and new users during the contest timeline. We use the social media platform very well to engage the users from different part of the country. This time we partnered with Nepalese in Photography community group to spread the information about Wiki Loves Earth and it works.

Yes, We are very happy doing this project. Through the beginning, We work hard to achieve our goals. We use our experience to connect more people to the contest and focused to upload more images to Wikimedia Commons. We successfully organized three outreach event for Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in different part of the country.

Activities

Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Nepal- Outreach Events

To promote the Wiki Loves Earth contest in Nepal, Maithili Wikimedians decided to organize outreach events in 3 natural heritage sites of Nepal. The team decided to organize the photo walk as well as presentation class to the photographers to how to upload the images to Wikimedia Commons. The outreach event shows increment in number of participants as well as increment in photo upload. Following are the details of outreach event.

S.N.	Location	District	Date	Time
1	Sivalik Hills— Rajbiraj, Rupani, Kalyanpur, Mahadeva	Saptari	20th May 2018	3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
2	Texas International College	Kathmandu	25th May 2018	11:00 pm to 11:55 pm
3	Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Koshi Barrage and Haripur	Sunsari	28th May 2018	3:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Gallery

Outreach Events

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  Photo walk event at Saptari, Nepal.
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  Chure Mountain seen from Devdhar, Saptari.
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  Opuntia ficus-indica flower, Rupani
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  Opuntia ficus-indica flower, Rupani
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  Old Tamarind tree at Manraja, Saptari
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  Event at Texas International College
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  WLE in Nepal team at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
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  WLE in Nepal team at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
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  Wild Water Buffalo Statue at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
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  Photography at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
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  Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve Office

Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Nepal- Felicitation Events

Venue:	The Classic Bamboo, Thamel, Kathmandu
Hosts:	MWUG (Nepal)
Date:	8 September, 2018
Time:	12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Participant:	42

Program Schedule

Timing	Session	Topics to be covered	Coordinator/Resource Person
☼ 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm		Registration	Dhiraj Shah
☼ 1:00 pm - 1.15 pm		Welcome & Introduction	Pankaj Kumar Deo
☼ 1:15 pm - 1.40 pm		Introductions about Wiki Loves Earth and Program	Bijay Chaurasia
☼ 1:40 pm - 1:50 pm	Competition Overview	Statistics and Competition overview	Biplab Anand
☼ 1.50 pm - 2.00 pm	General Information on Wikicamp Nepal 2018	-	Biplab Anand
☼ 2.00 pm – 2:15 pm	Prize distribution	Prize distribution of Winners	WLE 2018 in Nepal Participant
☼ 2:15 pm - 2:20 pm	Ending Note	Thanking	Biplab Anand
☼ 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm	Group Photo Session	-	Photographer- Bijay Chaurasia
☼ 2.30 pm - 3:30 pm	☕ High Tea/Coffee Break

Gallery

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  Group Photograph
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  Group Photograph
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  Bijay during WLE event
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  Biplab during WLE event
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  Biplab during WLE event
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  Pankaj during WLE event
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  Nirmal and Nirajan during WLE event
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  Participants
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  Snack time WLE
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  Snack time WLE

Winners and Finalist Images

SN	User Name	Full Name	Email Address
1	Ummid Shakya	Ummid Shakya	ummidnpyahoo.com
2	Utsab Raj Giri	Utsab Raj Giri
3	Safal Adhikari	Safal Adhikari	irakihda.lafasgmail.com
4	Ameet Ranjit	Ameet Ranjit	ameet.argmail.com
5	Ummid Shakya	Ummid Shakya	ummidnpyahoo.com
6	Rohit Giri	Rohit Giri
7	Prabesh Shanakhadev	Prabesh Shanakhadev	prabeshsdevgmail.com
8	Rohit Giri	Rohit Giri
9	Santosh Yonjan	Santosh Yonjan
10	Tsewang Lama	Tsewang Lama

Finalist Images

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  Bhairab kunda is the second lake in the region of Goasikunda. The Kunda is located in Sindhupalchok district of Nepal at an altitude of 4,240 m (13,910 ft).
  © Ummidnp
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  Ghandruk is a popular place for treks in the Annapurna range of Nepal.
  © Utsab Raj Giri
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  Gokyo Lake
  © Saf.all
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  Morning View from Ghandruk Village
  © Ameet Ranjit
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  The landscapes of city of wall- Lo Manthang.
  © Ummidnp
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  Golden hour over Phewa Lake, Pokhara.
  © Lurey Rohit
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  The Heavenly Rara Lake.
  © Prabeshsdev
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  One-horned Rhinoceros at Chitwan National Park.
  © Lurey Rohit
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  Horse in Kenzin valley Rasuwa
  © Santosh Yonjan
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  Aerial view of Annapurna Himal
  © Tsewang Lama

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

S.N.	Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1	Number of participants	223	Target reached.
2	Number of new participants	166 (74%)	These were uploaders who created usernames during the competition.
3	Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons	3565	Target reached.
4	Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects	600 (17%)	Target reached.
5	Number of Quality images from the competition	18 (1%)	Target reached.

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?
  

Team work from the beginning of the competition. Offline conversation with the team members help us to reach the actual target.

• What did not work so well?
  

We work according to our plan to reach more users engagement to the competition. We expected more users (Uploaders) and usage of more photos to Wikimedia projects which somehow lacks.

• What would you do differently next time?
  

Well, We expect to have a photo edit-a-thon competition after the main WLE events. Next time, we will be focused on getting more quality images to Wikimedia commons.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Number	Category	Item description	Actual total	Currency	Notes
1	Outreach program at Saptari (Rajbiraj, Rupani, Kalyanpur and Mahadeva)	Travel and food expenses	20,620	NPR
2	Outreach program at Sunsari (Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve)	Travel and food expenses	9,998	NPR
3	Promotional event Kathmandu (Texas International College)	Food and Beverages	2,070	NPR
4	Printing	Certificate, Batch, Token and Banner	17,000	NPR
5	Prizes & Awards	T-shirt & WLE Cup	31,500	NPR
6	Kathmandu Felicitation Program	Jury Travel, Accommodation and Food expenses	29,633	NPR
7	Kathmandu Felicitation Program	Venue, Snacks, Breakfast and coffee	36,250	NPR
8	T-shirts	For outreach events (Volunteers and Photographers)	17,500	NPR
9	Winners Prize	Winners of WLE 2018 in Nepal	35,000	NPR	1st,2nd, 3rd and Top Uploader)
10	Meetup Kathmandu		3,400	NPR
11	Miscellaneous	Courier, Internet, Recharge and local transportation	9,029	NPR
		Total	2,12,000	NPR

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

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

Total project budget (from your approved grant submission)

• 2,12,000

Total amount requested from WMF

• 2,12,000

Total amount spent on this project

• 2,12,000

Total amount of Project and Event grant funds spent on this project

• 2,12,000

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

These work fantastically-

• Social Media Promotion.
• Mass Message to the previous year contestants.
• Central Notice across Wikimedia Projects.
• Partnership with Nepalese in Photography community group