Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Monthly meetup/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2016-17 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/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Monthly meetup.
• 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 we met our goals and we are happy with how the meetup went. The friendly space expectations was met throughout the meetup

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
if at least Six (6) Meetups were held	Six (6)	Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria/Meetup September 2017 Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria/Meetup April 2017 Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria/Meetup May 2017 Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria/Meetup June 2017 Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria/Meetup January 2018 Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria/Abuja/Meetup April 2017
if at least 13 people participated	More than 13 people participated	Over 30 people participated. User:Mahveotm joined our community even though they had been editing before
If at least two (2) new editors were recruited	More than two (3) editors were recruited in some cases	User:Mahveotm User:DonCamillo User:Danidamiobi
If at least 5 new articles are created and 5 existing articles improved	More than Five (5) new and existing articles created and improved respectively.	Internally Displaced Person Camp in Lagos Nigerian Refugees in Niger Camp de personnes déplacées de Dalori Dalori List of internally displaced persons camps in Nigeria Internally Displaced Person Camps in Borno Articles Improved Agege Ikeja

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?

1. The commitment of our community members promote the success of the meetups
2. Availability of experienced members to lead the meetup.

• What did not work so well?

Internet connectivity did not work so well but that's a major problem in Nigeria

• What would you do differently next time?

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Summary of expenses for the six events ( Detailed Spread sheet will be sent to Grant Team)

• Hall -- 1296 USD
• Light Refreshment-- 360USD
• Alternative Power-- 180USD
• Wifi-- 150USD
• Total grant fund spent--- 1986 USD

Remaining 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.

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

6.78USD

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?