Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania/1Lib1Ref 2020 in Tanzania/Report

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Report accepted
This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2019-20 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Goals[edit]

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?
Yes, We did meet our goals and we are excited that things went well.

Outcome[edit]

Please report on your original project targets.

Target Outcome Achieved Outcome Explanation Comment
Number of events =1 We did 1 main event We did 1 Event with its simple follow up event The goal was Achieved
Number of participants =25 Number of participant 34 At least 34 participants attended the event The goal was Achieved
Number of new editors =5 6 new editors did show up This was due to massive advertisement about the event The goal was Achieved
Number of of articles created or improved =At Least 20 Articles Created 74,Articles Edited 116, Total Edits 342,Editors 34 More info Here The campaign was run from 25th Jan 2020 up to 05th Feb 2020
 The goal was Achieved

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?
  1. Our contribution being recognized with United Nations Human Rights
  2. Many participants showed up
  3. There were good number of Women participants
  4. Group work methodology seemed to work fine
  5. There was good weather condition
  6. We had good number of newcomers
  7. Participants were cooperative
  8. Preparation of list of articles before the events worked better
  9. The chosen topic (Human Rights topics especially those related to UN and SDG’s) seemed interesting to many
  • What did not work so well?
  1. The articles we dealt with needed a lot of time to get the exact Swahili translation.
  2. Lack of devices such enough laptops to some members slowed down the efficiency
  3. It was not possible to translate the entire long articles, rather few paragraphs
  • What would you do differently next time?
  1. Try hard emphasize participants to make their best to come with working devices.
  2. Finding topics that most people get interested with to get maximum results

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. Budgetː

ITEM Expected Expenditure Actual Expenditure Comments
Food, snacks and drinks 30 people @8USD =240 USD 240 USD 272USD Due to increase in number of participant from the original target
Internet 1@20USD=20 USD 20 USD 32USD Due to increase in number of participant from the original target
Local Transport 1@275=275 USD 275 USD 276USD Due to increase in number of participant from the original target
Branding and stationeries (Banner,posters,notebooks,pens,sticky notes) 1@100=135 USD 122 USD 122 USD
Long distance transport and accommodation 3@60=180 USD 180 USD 129 USD One participant got an emergency hence didn’t come
Event Facilitation(camera and projector rent,communication,emergency,Logistics & Bank rates)1@200USD=200USD 200 USD 219 USD 100 USD for camera and projector 33.5 communications and venue service, 70.5 facilitation, 6 USD Bank fee
TOTAL=1050 USD 1050 USD 1050 USD All fund was used.

Remaining funds[edit]

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No. All grant was spent for the project.


Anything else[edit]

Anything else you want to share about your project?
Thanks to WMF for funding this project.

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