Grants:Project/Rapid/Jwale2/Wiki Update/Report

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Report accepted
This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2017-18 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Goals[edit]

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Yes, we did meet our goals.

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
Number of listenership/plays Currently we have 1456 plays This is the number listenership/plays over the period and there have been an organic increase in our initial plays of 231 to our current listenership which is 1456.
Number of Countries 22 Countries We had an increase of 22 countries listening to the podcast us compared to the initial 10 countries
Number of content created 300+ This is the number the number of content created by contributors and volunteers when we partnered with organisers of the Wiki-Green Conference and other campaigns


  • Wiki Update 2022 wrapped data

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?

We had interesting guest who gave insights to community topics of interest, audience liked to listen to activities related to global events like Wikimania, Wiki Indaba and campaigns like WikiForHumanRights, Wiki-Green Conference and more. I think what really went on well for us was our consistency in providing the community with a variety of capacity building activities, speaker engagement, highlighting the works of some members in the community.

  • What did not work so well?

We had issues with the quality sound , lagging internet, the hardware and software tools weren't efficient enough for us to use

  • What would you do differently next time?
  1. We will increase the number of tools we have in-terms of both software and hardware in other to have more impact.
  2. Eventhough we had good social media engagement we will like to increase activities related to social media
  3. We will engage communities running campaigns on climate and beyond and we will do this in partnership with local and global communities
  4. We will look at the technical community more, because the activities they engage in are not been heard widely by the community, doing will enable people join the community.
  5. We will also like to involve other topics of interest that is outside wiki activities but they use wikipedia as a tool to share knowledge of their works, some of these are metaverse, blockchain ai and more. The reason for this is because we conducted a survey and these activities were necessary in other to blend wiki activities with them, looking at how wikipedia can better represent everything we do
  6. We will also engage some local language groups, the reason is because language is on the rise and we need to watch them as they grow as a minority group

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.

Remaining funds[edit]

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No


1. Internet Support - USD 852 [Internet data for virtual interviews, training etc for a year]

Break Down
  • MTN Data Bundle for a month (package) for a team of 3 is USD 71 - [ USD 71 x 12 month] = USD 852
2. Equipment Support
  • XLR Mic - USD 250
  • Headset - USD 50
  • Pop Filter - USD 40
  • Flexible and durable metal scissor arm stand - USD 30
  • Flexible shock mount can reduce handling noise - USD 30
3. Zoom Account - 149.50 USD [efficient tool to record engagements and online meetups]
6. Design support - USD 100
7. Contingency - USD 100
Total = USD 1,601.5

Anything else[edit]

Anything else you want to share about your project?