Grants:Project/Rapid/UG LEV/Wikimedia Levant's First Quarter Activities/Report

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Report accepted
This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2018-19 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.


Goals[edit]

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

Hashemite University

Yes, we achieved our goals and we are very satisfied with the results. The opening ceremony for Wikipedia corner at the Hashemite University will be conducted after Wikimania 2019 conference.

Alexandria University

Yes, we achieved our goals in fairly acceptable way, as it first time to perform Wikipedia activity in Medical collage of Alexandria University. Also start a partnership for the first time with Alexandria Students' Scientific Association (ASSA) (local group of International Federation of Medical Students' Associations).

Outcome[edit]

Please report on your original project targets.

Hashemite University
Target outcome Achieved outcome Explanation
Number of medical students that will be in the workshop: at least 40 medical students. the workshop will be held in the First semester in September because the University is in holiday right now. Because medical students will be easily gathered in first semester.
Write medical articles on Arabic Wikipedia and at least 3 featured articles the first featured article nominated was wikimania article and we will nominate other two in the first semester. Writing medical articles is ongoing and we will have an organized competition after Wikimania along with Armenians and Hebrew languages.
Number of visitors to the Wikipedia corner: at least will be 20 students daily. 10 students visit the corner weekly because we are waiting to announce the opening of the corner in an opening ceremony at the beginning of First Semester.
Number of attendant students for presentations with data show projector: at least 50 students per session. the presentation will be held in the First Semester after around one mounth.
Number of articles created/improved: we will translate around 150 articles per year. in progress 20 new articles created and around 60 edited will reach the target by the end of the year.
Number of voice articles and recorded videos: at least 4 voice articles and 4 recorded videos per semester. 2 voice article was recorded and uploaded i.e lymphoma and Hashemite University . will reach the target by the end of the First Semester.


Alexandria University
  • Number of medical students who attend was 24 medical students. More were expected to attend but exams period made it hard.
  • user:دنيا (CA): one of student who involved in Wikipedia after the workshop, and she wrote more than 100 medical articles till know.
  • Plan to make another workshop(s) on next semester to learn them how to create a research group to write featured medical articles in Arabic Wikipedia (at least 3 articles) with ASSA partnership.

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?
Hashemite University

We sent the mail stamps to the Armenians and we had a very good collaboration, and another collaboration will be conducted after Wikimania. We printed everything we asked for.

Alexandria University

First time to perform Wikipedia activity in Medical collage of Alexandria University. Also start a partnership for the first time with Alexandria Students' Scientific Association (ASSA) (local group of International Federation of Medical Students' Associations).


  • What did not work so well?
Hashemite University

The printing company delayed in handing us the prints that we asked for, we chose this company because it’s the closest one to our universities. We printed in another company and everything went well after.

We still need the projector for the Wikipedia corner in the Hashemite University, it will facilitate presenting slides and help us to do our work in engaging more and more students.

Alexandria University

The printing company delayed in handing us the prints that we asked for, due to lack of required material, but now all certificates are printed and will be delivered to student on first semester.


  • What would you do differently next time?
Hashemite University

Next time, we will be asking more than one printing company for their prices and the priority will be for the one which hands us the prints on time without delay.

Alexandria University

Next time, we will be choose a better time that will fits all students. Also try to prepare certificates before holding the workshop.

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. The funds were spent as proposed, as follows:

Printing costs for Hashemite University Wikipedia Corner:

440JOD = 621.73USD

Stamps for Jordanian-Armenian collaboration:

11.90JOD = 16.82USD

Certificates for Alexandria workshop:

1040EGP = 61.54USD

Wire transfer fees:

5USD
8.74JOD =12.35USD

TOTAL: 717.44USD

Remaining funds[edit]

The funds remaining from this grant in the amount of US$252.56 were deducted from another grant payment for Grants:Project/Rapid/UG LEV/Summer 2019-2020 Education Program in Palestine.

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

We would like to retain the remaining $252.56 for the ongoing education program in Palestine.

Anything else[edit]

Anything else you want to share about your project?