Grants:Project/Rapid/Musaddam Idriss/Photowalk at Bauchi/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.
  • To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/Musaddam Idriss/Photowalk at Bauchi.
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Goals[edit]

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? The goals were partially met and even with the major challenges we faced, we were so happy on how it went as it provides room for us to increased content on Wikimedia commons, improved contents on Wikipedia, and also further create awareness for the Wikimedia projects to the people, organizations and government officials of the visited places.

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
If at least 2 participants have participated 2 2 Wikimedians participated
If at least 200 high quality photos are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons 139 target dropped down with a difference of 61 images.
No target for new articles 23 newly created articles and over 60 improved New articles were created on Wikipedia for the photographs without existing articles
If at least 40% of the images collected are used on Wikimedia Projects 69.5% in all. Overall, 69.5% of the images were used across the Wikimedia projects with 23% distinct images.

Link to common for all the images here

Some of the photos from the photowalk include:

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?
  • What did not work so well?
  • What would you do differently next time?
  • What worked well?
  • Organizing and executing the project went well and the participants are punctual and timing.
  • Our moves into the various place was all-in-one.
  • What did not work so well?
  • Network challenge faced in Nigeria during the time didn’t allow us to upload the images for the day as planned in the proposal.
  • The Nigeria Vice President’s visit to Bauchi to pay homage and visits to certain historical places on our first day of the walk ruined our plan for that day because entry to those places was prohibited to anyone on that day except the Vice President and his entourage.
  • Some of the government buildings were undergoing renovation which was not completed as at the time of the photowalk thereby leaving no sign or symbol on them that will show what the place is representing.
  • The allocated days wasn't enough to go through all the zones as there were several traffics on the road while travelling.
  • Unexpected continuous risen of fuel price experienced in Nigeria nationwide during the days of the event also plays an important role in affecting the smooth running of the project.
  • We were not able to go to some areas in Bauchi South due to some reports of insurgency as a of clash between bandits.
  • What would you do differently next time?
  • Make adequate plans for traffic and others next time.
  • Do a routine call to acquaintances about faraway places to ensure that the intended places to visit are not under any reconstruction or renovation so that the money for the transport to such places can at least be preserved.

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.

  1. Cost of transportation of the 2 participants $215
  2. Cost spent for food and drinks during the days of the Photowalk = $112.24
  3. Data allowance for uploading of images and for creating new articles $200.24
  4. Cost spent for accommodation during the Photowalk $60
  5. Branded T-shirts for the ease of Identification = $36.78
  6. ID Card, Nose Masks and Hand Sanitizer in line with the covid-19 preventive measures = $50
  7. Airtime for communication between the participants = $40
  8. Miscellaneous = $50
  9. Contingency = $60

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT = $906.26

Remaining funds[edit]

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

The funds remaining from this grant in the amount of 85 USD were deducted from another grant payment for Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Fulfulde Wikipedia Articles Cleanup and Editathon (ID: 21878875).

Yes, there’s $85 remaining and I will like to retain the fund and use it in my subsequent project.

Anything else[edit]

Anything else you want to share about your project?