Grants:Project/Rapid/Hadassahlove/Write for Rights Nigeria/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2021-22 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/Hadassahlove/Write for Rights Nigeria.
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Goals

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

Yes, but beyond meeting the goals; the project was super succesful at it provided an avenue for lot of LGBT+ Nigeria contents to be created.

Outcome

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

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Number of Wikipedia training/edit-a-thons: 2	Number of Wikipedia training/edit-a-thons: 1	We had a Wikipedia training on Zoom and some participants showed but not that effective compare to a physical training.
Number of participants: 50+	We had over 40 persons who signed up to be part.	Some participants pulled out due to harassments or controversies in regards to LGBT+ content in Nigeria
Number of articles created or improved: 300+	66 new Wikipedia articles were created with over 300 articles was improved.	This was met and surpassed.
Number of new editors: 80%	Most of the participants are relatively new and hence recorded good new editors.	This was met.

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?

The project/contest was the first of a kind LGBT contest in Nigeria which break the norm and thus increased the morale of the Nigeria LGBT+ community.
The partnership with Bisi Alimi Foundation proved vital as it provided enough publicity for the contest
Lot of Nigeria LGBT+ Wikipedia articles were newly created.
The funds arrived promptly and was effectively used.
The Trust and Safety team of the Wikimedia Foundation provided assurances to some of the harassed participants which boosted some contributions still.

What did not work so well?

Many participants were harassed/intimidated which caused some to pull out of the event like this and this or didn't bother to contribute atall.
The online Zoom training wasn't that effective compare to a physical one.

What would you do differently next time?

Will ensure participant safety is prioritized.
A follow-up training will be conducted where possible.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Social media promotion & banner design - $400
Internet subscription - $150
Courier service to deliver prizes - $200
Internet that support top 20 active participants: ($10 X 30 participants) $300
Airtime for communication: $100
Shirts for organizers and winners: $86.48 ($10.81 X 8)
Jurys souvenirs: $100
Logistics : $100
Prizes- $400

Total: $1,836.48

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project? The project proved very succesful and provided an avenue for the addition of more Nigerian LGBT+ contents to Wikipedia.

The result was announced here
The Dashboard here.
The prizes given out to the 3 winners:

1st Prize.
2nd Prize.
3rd Prize.
The 3 Prizes for the 3 winners.