Grants:Project/Rapid/Alexfope/New West Africa articles/Report

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Draft report
This is a draft of a grant report for a grant funded for fiscal year 2017-18. Please do not respond or comment on it just yet: it's not yet ready for review. To read the approved grant submission, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/Alexfope/New West Africa articles.


Goals[edit]

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Some goals were met, I was okay with the experience, since it was my first time working on a rapid grant project.

Outcome[edit]

Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.


Target outcome Achieved outcome Explanation
250 new articles 68 new articles The assignment was planned to be overwhelming but I could not control other factors that made me busy towards the end of 2021
Three participants Two participants Original intention limited recruitment


Learning[edit]

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?
    • Many things worked well, i.e. finding a good space to write, availability of data and power sources. Online research
  • What did not work so well?
    • Security was an issue in Nigeria and out state movement was not as productive as hoped
  • What would you do differently next time?

Reach out to more wikimedians based in Nigeria

Finances[edit]

Grant funds spent[edit]

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

No. Item Price Notes
1. Space N180,000 working space came out @45,000 a month for four months
2. Transportation and logistics N50,000 A total of 5 out of state trips and 10 in state trips related to the project @5000 per out of state trip and N2500 per in state
3. Data N100,000
4. Laptop related expenses N30,000 purchase of flash drive and anti-virus
Total: N360,000

Remaining funds[edit]

Do you have any remaining grant funds? yes N40,000


Anything else[edit]

Anything else you want to share about your project?