Grants:PEG/Mohamed Ouda/Egyptian Wikimedians User Group/Wikimedia projects activities in Egypt/Report

Report accepted

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Project status

Did you comply with the requirements specified by WMF in the grant agreement?

Yes

Is your project completed?

Yes

Activities and lessons learned

Activities

Edit-a-thons

We made 2 edit-a-thons more than 50 person participated in working on developing and improving many articles and around 20 one of them continue working with Wikipedia by joining Wikipedia education program.

Meeting

We called every member of our user group for a monthly meeting to plan for events and activities.

Wikipedia education program conference

Group photo at the 5th celebration conference of the Wikipedia Education Program

we managed a conference in Cairo University to celebrate the achievements of students in the 7th term on Wikipedia education program

Wiki Love Monuments

WMEG actively promoted the Wiki Loves Monuments Competition with the following :

• Advertising the competition through the ORMS mailing list ans social media which has a substantial number of photographers

- :: - Facebook

• Contact and presentations with photographic societies / clubs to promote the competition

organized a photo trip to Nuweiba

writing contest

we managed a writing contest for the beginners users . in Arabic Wikipedia and 36 user joined it and its result was more than 110 new articles and upload 80 new image. there was 3 winners in this contest . first prize was $350 and second was $200 and third by $100. and the judgement criteria was on both quantity and the quality .

Lessons learned

What worked well?

1. Wikipedia education program conference was very useful to encourage the students and appropriate them .
2. how to keep contributors engaged in the community after the program.
3. wiki love monuments competition get on commons new 3,929 image
4. how to organize a trip for professional photographers and contributors.

What didn't work?

Actually nothing

What would you do differently if you planned a similar project?

We will use more volunteers and we will take more time for palnning.

Outcomes and impact

Outcomes

Provide the original project goal here.

The goal of the project is to bring Egyptian people closer to the Wikimedia projects

Did you achieve your project goal? How do you know your goal was achieved? Please answer in 1 - 2 short paragraphs.

We believe the goal was achieved and our results is good

Progress towards targets and goals

Project metrics

Project metrics	Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
upload 4000 new images	new images uploaded 3929	A total of 3,929 images were submitted in Wiki love monuments competition
Recruitment +100 new editors/contributors	120 new editor contributed
+5 Million bytes added to the Arabic Wikipedia.	More than 15 million bytes were added	by Education program students
get at least 30 new active female contributors for Wikipedia.	More than 40 new active female contributors	by Education program students and writing contest
+600 new articles added to the Arabic Wikipedia.	and 2000 new articles	by Education program students and writing contest
new users contributed in the writing competition	36 new user	36 new user contributed in the writing competition
New Article in the writing competition	105 New Article including 2 featured articles	36 new user contributed in the writing competition

Global Metrics

We are trying to understand the overall outcomes of the work being funded across our grantees. In addition to the measures of success for your specific program (in above section), please use the table below to let us know how your project contributed to the Global Metrics. We know that not all projects will have results for each type of metric, so feel free to put "0" where necessary.

1. Next to each required metric, list the actual outcome achieved through this project.
2. Where necessary, explain the context behind your outcome. For example, if you were funded for an edit-a-thon which resulted in 0 new images, your explanation might be "This project focused solely on participation and articles written/improved, the goal was not to collect images."

For more information and a sample, see Global Metrics.

Metric	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1. # of active editors involved	200	involved as volunteers, juries, participants
2. # of new editors	~100 persons	estimated from number of new editors
3. # of individuals involved	200	participants
of new images/media added to Wikimedia articles/pages	250	From contest statistics
of new images/media uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (Optional)	3918	From contest statistics
of articles added or improved on Wikimedia projects	450	new articles added to Arabic Wikipedia
Absolute value of bytes added to or deleted from Wikimedia projects
+10 Featured articles nominated on the Arabic Wikipedia.	12 Featured articles created

Learning question

Did your work increase the motivation of contributors, and how do you know?

yes it increased the motivation of contributors by helping them how to edit in the edit-athons and offers awards for the best contributes

Impact

What impact did this project have on WMF's mission and the strategic priorities?

Option A: How did you increase participation in one or more Wikimedia projects?

• we encouraged many new use users to participate in Arabic Wikipedia and commons by education program activities , and the writing contest

Option B: How did you improve quality on one or more Wikimedia projects?

• by supporting users to improve quality of the articles and many of them created featured articles .

Option C: How did you increase the reach (readership) of one or more Wikimedia projects?

• we created online ads to reach new readers from the social media sites

Reporting and documentation of expenditures

This section describes the grant's use of funds

Documentation

Did you send documentation of all expenses paid with grant funds to grants at wikimedia dot org, according to the guidelines here? Answer "Yes" or "No".

Yes

Expenses

Please list all project expenses in a table here, with descriptions and dates. Review the instructions here.

PLACEHOLDER TEXT. SEE INSTRUCTIONS AT Grants:Index/Create financial report.

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Actual cost per unit	Actual total	Budgeted total	Currency	Notes
1	WLM Photography trips	Bus rental from Cairo to Nuweiba	Day	3	500	500	552.7	USD
2	WLM Photography trips	Internal transportation in Nuweiba	Day	3	300	300	578.40	USD	2 car in the day
3	WLM Photography trips	Accommodation and Food	Day	3	1500	1500	1343.20	USD	13 contributors, we got discount for the package
4	WLM Photography trips	Refreshments for participants	Day	3	45	135	116.58	USD
5	WLM Photography editing workshop	Refreshments for participants	Person	50	2	100	75.85	USD
6	WLM ِAdvertising	Poster printing and Online Ads	-	-	500	-	500	USD
7	WLM Prize	First Prize	Prize	1	750	750	750	USD
8	WLM Prize	Second Prize	Prize	1	250	250	250	USD
9	WLM Prize	Third Prize	Prize	1	150	150	150	USD
10	WLM Prize	Special Prize for most linked photos in articles	Prize	1	150	150	150	USD
11	Photobooks	print Photobooks with the winning photos	book	50	6	300	300	USD
12	Gift packages for the judges	Gift packages for the judges	package	3	100	300	300	USD
13	Regular meetups	meetups for user group	Meal/Person	4		300	536.4	USD
14	Transportation/shipment fees	Transportation and material shipment fees	Monthly fees	6	100	600	240	USD
15	Equipment	Laptop	Laptop	2	612	1224	1243.6	USD
16	Equipment	Portable hot spot router	router	1	150	150	118	USD
17	Promotion	Printed T-shirts, for the participants	T-shirts	5	50	250	250	USD
18	Edit-a-thon transportation	Bus rental	day	2	200	600	400	USD
19	Meals	Meals & Refreshments for 4 edit-a-thons	people	42	5.5	1000	231	USD
20	Edit-a-thon Space rental	Edit-a-thon Space rental	space	2		160	181	USD
21	Edit-a-thon Advertising	Edit-a-thon Advertising	online and printing	2	50	200	100	USD
22	Writing Competition first prize		prize	1	350	350	350	USD
23	Writing Competition second prize		prize	1	250	250	250	USD
24	Writing Competition third prize	Writing Competition third prize	prize	1	100	100	100	USD
25	Equipment	Internet access subscription	1 month subscription for 4 users	6	26	624	500	USD
26	Ceremony	Certificates	certificate	150	1	150	155	USD
27	Food& Drinks	Refreshments/Snacks	student	150	2.92	450	438	USD
28	Awards	Simple awards for students		100		500	586	USD

Total project budget (from your approved grant submission)

11833 USD

Total amount requested from WMF (from your approved grant submission, this total will be the same as the total project budget if PEG is your only funding source)

11833 USD

Total amount spent on this project

10695.73 USD

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

10695.73 USD

Are there additional sources that funded any part of this project? List them here.

NO

Remaining funds

The funds remaining from this grant in the amount of US$1,137.27 were deducted from another grant payment for Grants:PEG/Mohamed Ouda/Egyptian Wikimedians User Group 2016 activities.

Are there any grant funds remaining?

Yes

Please list the total amount (specify currency) remaining here. (This is the amount you did not use, or the amount you still have after completing your grant.)

1137.27 USD This amount we did not use

If funds are remaining they must be returned to WMF, reallocated to mission-aligned activities, or applied to another approved grant.

Please state here if you intend to return unused funds to WMF, submit a request for reallocation, or submit a new grant request, and then follow the instructions on your approved grant submission.

we made a submit a for a new grant request