Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Wiki Loves Earth 2019 in Nigeria/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2018-19 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/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Wiki Loves Earth 2019 in Nigeria.
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Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Our goals were met and surpassed.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
If at least 50 people participate	153 people participated in the competition, 91% (139) of these people register after the beginning of the contest. https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiloves/earth/2019	We surpassed the set target X3
If at least 800 images are uploaded to Wikimedia Common	1430 images were uploaded this year, the figure double the amount for the previous year. https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikiloves/earth/2019	We surpassed the target of 800 imgaes by 630.
If two months after the contest, 200 (and 25%) of uploaded images are used on wiki projects	Still in progress
f at least 20 natural sites are photographed	more than 20 natural sites were covered.

Time Lines

2019-03-13- Submitted Grant Request for Review by Rapid Grant Team
2019-03-14- Created Landing Page for Wiki Loves Earth Event in Nigeria
2019-06-11- WMF Grant received
2019-06-01- Contest officially Started
2019-06-17- Official Launch of the contest at Freedom Park, Lagos
2019-06-21 Wiki Loves earth interview with Olaniyan Olushola on PLus Tv Africa
2019-06-25 Uploading Session
2019-06-26 Wiki Loves earth 2019-Jury Photo Review ( PT1) by Ayokanmi Oyeyemi and Omoeko
2019-06-28 Wiki Loves earth 2019- Jury Photo review (PT2) by Ayokanmi Oyeyemi and
2019-06-31 Contest officially ended
2019-07-03 Wiki Loves earth 2019- Jury Photo review (PT3) by Dayo Adedayo
2019-07-04 Wiki Loves earth 2019- Jury Photo review (PT4) by Olusegun Aderogba and Ayokanmi Oyeyemi
2019-07-12 Wiki Loves earth 2019- Jury Photo review (PT5) by Niyi Onabanjo and Ayokanmi Oyeyemi
2019-08-02 Wiki Loves earth 2019- Prize Presentation

Learning

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What worked well?

Partnership with Non-Wikimedia organisations like PlusTv Africa, Nigeria Photographic Class and Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation helps to boost our overall performance in term of output and quality of contents submitted for the contest, which recorded over 1400 images.
The launch of the project was a major approach that created massive awareness for the contest in Nigeria.
The PlusTV Africa aired 5-episodes of Wiki Loves Earth 2019 Photo review. The TV series is called " Wiki Loves Earth 2019 Jury Photo Review". The series was designed for the review of some selected photos from the overall photos submitted by participants.
We organised upload sessions for photographers. The session serves as a support and motivation to participants who couldn't afford the cost of data for uploading their photos.
NTDC, the agency in charge of tourism in Nigeria supported the contest with an equivalent sum of 1950USD to support the contest. This contribution helps to attract more contestants.
The Site notice banner helps to attract potential participants that could not participate in the official launch.

What did not work so well?

The impact of the social media campaign wasn't considered during the time of submitting our grant for this contest.
We partnered only one photographic organisation, this reduces the diversity in terms of expertise and quality that professionals could have imported to the contest.
Imporation of merchandise from Ukraine to Nigeria was a nightmare. Many of the winners are yet to receive the merchandised promised by the international organizers for the contest due to the issues arising from inter-countries importation activities.
Grant fund was disbursed weeks after the commencement of the contest.

What would you do differently next time?

We will focus on how to reach many potential participants through a vibrant social media campaign.
We will extend invitations to more photographic groups that shared the same values as ours.
We might consider local procurement of merchandise to be used for the contest in future.
Application for the grant will be done like two months before the commencement of the contest.

Finances

Grant funds spent

Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.

Subject	Cost NGN)	Cost (USD/$) ^[1]
Official Launch of Wiki Loves Earth 2019 (WLE) ( See Detail in the attached link)	NGN. 572,300.00	$ 1.876.39
Outreach/ Upload Session	NGN. 90,000.00	$ 295.08
Prizes- 1st Place	NGN. 250,000.00- Voucher worth	$ 819.67
Prize - 2nd Place -	NGN. 150,000.00	$ 491.81
Prize - 3rd Place -	NGN. 100,000.00	$ 327.87
Total	NGN. 1,162,300	$ 3,810.82

↑ NGN305/USD

See Link to the spreadsheet for the Wiki Loves Earth 2019 expenses in Nigeria

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

NO

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, one of our local partners supported the contest with an equivalent sum of 1950USD.
Contrary to the initial plan which is to organise two upload sessions, we were only able to organize one session because a lot of resources were invested in the official launch due to the involvement of the government agency.

The Official Launch of the Wiki Loves Earth 2019in Nigeria at Freedom Park, Lagos, Nigeria

Mr Folorunsho Coker, The DG, Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation
Chukwuemeja Fred A. Anchor ICT program, Channels TV
Press conference at the end of the launch
The CEO, PlusTv Africa answering questions during the press conference
Handshake with DG of NTDC
Ayokanmi talking to the professional photographers at the event.
Views of some participants at the launch
Some of our team members posing for a photo
Group photograph at the end of the launch
The President Wikimedia User Group Nigeria addressing participants at the launch of the contest.
cross section of the participants at the lunch.
The Program anchor
Question and Answer time