Grants:Project/Rapid/Shoodho/Wiki Loves Africa 2021 Botswana/Report

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This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2020-21 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/Shoodho/Wiki Loves Africa 2021 Botswana.
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Goals[edit]

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

  • No, due to covid mostly people went into panic mode and we had multiple lockdown so not much therefore we could'nt meet the target.

Outcome[edit]

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Target outcome Achieved outcome Explanation
350 137 images and about 13 participants who entered the competition Most participants did not understand how wide the theme was so they limited themselves to not capture so many images as they doubted themselves a lot and the quality of their images when uploading .

We had random lockdowns and strict Covid regulations in the country so happening so this played a major role in having such a low outcome of images captured hence people were hesitant to capture images in areas such as health facilities.


Learning[edit]

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  • What worked well?
    • One photowalk was possible this helped give motivation to the participants to capture images.
    • Calling and reminding them to come for the uploading sessions.
    • Social media campaigning about Wiki Loves Africa project
    • Assisted those who wanted to upload images with Airtime/Data bundles to upload individually due to lock down restrictions.
  • What did not work so well?
    • Participants had hard time understanding how to join Google hangouts / Zoom calls
    • Poor internet connection
    • We had multiple lock downs happening hence this limited the movements for participants who wanted to attend photo walks and upload images in the lab.
  • What would you do differently next time?
    • Create how to guides on how to join call
    • Use more social media / or have a Facebook live presentation on how to enter the competition so that those who missed the session can always revisit
    • Try a different University to host Wiki Loves Africa to expand reach.

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. Expenses Explanation Amount ($)


1. Graphic design Design of Posters and flyers and certificate *10 65.75
2 *5 T-shirts Judges and organisers 70.44
3. Online advertising campaign Social media campaign- Facebook and Twitter promotions 61.67
4. Communication Airtime for Communication between organizers, Reminder calls and SMS to Participants 112.71


5. Internet Subscription Internet Subscription for 2 months scheduled frequent check in conference calls on request to assist those with issues, Internet will be used for training participants. 206.63
6. Gift Cards First Prize P2000
Second Prize P1000
Third Prize P500 		328.73
7. Social media management 46.96
8. Venue 3 day series of events 422.65
9. Food *3 days 361.60
Total: $1677.14



Remaining funds[edit]

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

- No. Remainder was used under bank charges

Anything else[edit]

Anything else you want to share about your project?

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