Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedians of Benin User Group/Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Benin/Report
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Goals[edit]
Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?
The Wikimedian User Group of the Benin organized this year 2020 for the second time its international photo contest Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Benin. Learning from our participation in the Wiki Loves Africa 2019 and 2020 and Wiki Loves Earth 2019 contest, we were able to achieve our goals in accordance with what we mentioned in our grant application. Professional and non professionals photographers have joined our community of contributors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the world today, we have done only online activities. We indeed avoided going out to take photos and asked the participants to stay at home and upload already existing images that they already kept with them on their hard drive or any other medium at home.
- 411 photos were uploaded by 32participants (with 20 Uploaders registered after competition start)
- 7 training and upload sessions were held on line (Zoom Webinaire et Meet )
- Media participation in the events increased the visibility of the wikimedia projects and the Wiki loves Earth 2019 contest in Benin.
Activities[edit]
For this second edition, here are the online activities that we organized:
WLE2019: Webinaire launch of the event of June 15, 2020[edit]
WLE 2020 Benin: common contributions webinar on june 21, 2020[edit]
WLE 2020 Webinaire Uploading photos, edit-a-thon sessions and workshops of July 12 and 19, 2020[edit]
WLE 2020 Webinaire Uploading photos, workshops and question of July, 29 2020[edit]
Closing of WLE 2020 BJ and awards ceremony to winners[edit]
Winners and Finalist Images[edit]
Winners[edit]
| SN | User Name | Full Name |
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| 1 | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID |
| 2 | Micho2020 | Micho2020 |
| 3 | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID]] |
| 4 | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID |
| 5 | Bernice gbetie | Bernice gbetie |
| 6 | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID |
| 7 | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID |
| 8 | Micho2020 | Micho2020 |
| 9 | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID | AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID |
| 10 | Micho2020 | Rachad sanoussi |
Finalist Images[edit]
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African savannah elephants at the Bali pond, Pendjari park in Benin seen from drone
Photograph: Micho2020
Outcome[edit]
Please report on your original project targets.
| S.N. | Target outcome | Achieved outcome | Explanation |
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| 1 | Number of participants | 32 (160%) | Target reached. |
| 2 | Number of new participants | 22(146%)[1] | These were uploaders who created usernames during the competition. |
| 3 | Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons | 411 (103%) | Target reached. |
| 4 | Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects | 29 (58%) | Target reached. |
| 5 | Number of Quality images from the competition | 20 (5%)[2] | Target reached. |
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?
- The organization of the online sessions allowed us to reach other target groups including biodiversity and some professional photographers;
- Our digital channels (facebook page. Twitter, Instagram etc.), local radios, local television channels and newspapers, have enabled us to reach more people who are starting to go to Wikipedia and its other brother projects;
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBr2M_n-hss ....Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Bénin Launch Events on 5sur7 matin ortb, a Benin's national ortb television talks about its launch Tv programme
- https://www.notreepoque.bj/le-plus-grand-concours-photographique-sur-la-biodiversite-finit-dans-10-jours/...le-plus-grand-concours-photographique-sur-la-biodiversite-finit-dans-10-jours
- https://www.24haubenin.info/Le-plus-grand-concours-sur-la-biodiversite-lancee-depuis-le-15-juin-2020....Le plus grand concours sur la biodiversité lancée depuis le 15 juin 2020
- https://twitter.com/wikimediensBJ... page Twitter
- https://www.facebook.com/wikimediensBenin....facebook
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3AL4IQw1t8 Wiki Loves Earth 2020, global photographic contest on biodiversity Benin's on café media plus a press club in Benin, Esae Tv, a private channel from Benin talks about it with media professionals Friday July 24, 2020
- Award ceremony on line also gave a boost to the scope of the competition by having more people;
- With our second participation, Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Benin strengthens the passion of our user group Wikimedien Benin and allows us to share with the community the richness of our biodiversity.
- What did not work so well?
- The poor quality of the photos submitted by the participants and some photos out of context in the competition;
- Poor internet speed in Benin which prevents a large number of webinar participants;
- Very few professional photographers among the participants.
- What would you do differently next time?
- Develop a website dedicated to, Wiki Loves Eartn in Benin for more visibility to the project as is the case in France and Brazil
- Encourage, involve and motivate new contributors, alumni and members of our user group, including professional photographers to join us in future editions.
- Organize more download sessions and at least 3 editathons
- Find more jury members earlier and try to do our pre-jury screening earlier to allow for a deeper and faster screening process.
- Find partnerships with other structures, including the Ministry of Tourism of Benin, the one in charge of communication and in charge of biodiversity and nature to obtain facilities for periodic photo outings if the health situation related to COVID is improved
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.
| Item Description | Spent Budget in XOF | No. of Units | Unit Price | Total Costs | Notes | Observations | |||
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| Main Prize | 3 | 400 USD | 400 USD | Prize bond for Top 3 Photos. It is prize bonds or gift items equivalent to respective amount. Not a cash prize (First, Second, Third) | Gift cards are sent to the three best photographs (1st prize: 180 USD, 2nd prize: 145 USD and 3rd prize: 75 USD | ||||
| Forfait internet expenses Team Member | 6 | 10 USD | 60 USD | Forfait internet expenses (Team Member) | The team members has used Internet packages for their online intervention (uploading and downloading of images, etc.).... | ||||
| Forfait internet expenses for jury members | 5 | 30 USD | 150 USD | Forfait internet (for jury members) | Internet packages are sent to the members of the jury for the work of selecting images online (downloading and uploading of images, etc.)... | ||||
| WLE T-shirts | 6 (Team Member) | 10 USD | 60 USD | WLE T-shirts for team members | WLE T-shirts for team members only worn during online sessions) | ||||
| Printing of posters of top 10 photographs | 10 | 26 USD | 260 USD | Flex print, Stationery | The ten winners each received a poster (50x75 cm) of their photo with the official logo of the competition. the 10 best photos of the competition are also posted on our various digital channels (Twitter, facebook. instagram), the online press, radio and television. | ||||
| Meetup on line, live communication Advertising Facebook ads | 1 | 200 USD | 200 USD | For the discussion among the volunteers and communication expenses. Internet will also be used during online events | Internet packages were used for our various online sessions, for advertising campaigns in the online press and on our various digital channels (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) on social networks. Local radios and televisions in Benin were solicited through broadcasts throughout the competition.We took screenshots of certain expenses, letters signed as proof and for others invoices in the measures of our possibility | ||||
| Postage costs and various prices | 10 | 7 USD | 70 USD | Sending posters and different prices | The sending of prices and miscellaneous is entrusted to a person who takes care of it who left us a letter as proof | ||||
| Fees charged by the bank | This is the amount deducted by the bank from the total amount received | ||||||||
| Total cost of projectː 718 955,52 XOF (1 200 USD)
Total Expense is ː 716 000 XOF (1 213,55 USD) |
(1 USD = 590,00 Franc CFA as of 24 April 2020) | ||||||||
Remaining funds[edit]
Do you have any remaining grant funds?Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.We have no remaining surplus of funds.
Anything else[edit]
Anything else you want to share about your project?
We need a tool that would help us choose the best images instead of doing it manually. This would facilitate the work of the jury members and the organizing committee in achieving the objectives of selecting the best images.