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Report accepted
This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2021-22 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Dagbani Wikipedia Saha Team at Dagbon stakeholder meeting.

Goals edit

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

  • Yes. We met our goals by reaching out to more audience a digital TV broadcast. We successfully engaged several Wikipedia contributors on Facebook, telegram and WhatsApp.
  • We produced 8 episodes of video tutorials on Dagbani Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
  • All episodes were livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook and the recordings are now available on Wikimedia Commons.
  • We recruited more editors to the Dagbani Wikimedia community through social media and the TV broadcast program.
  • We got the opportunities to partner with NTV, Dagbon Youth Association (DAYA), Dagbani Students Association (DASA), Dagbon Clinic and the Dagbon Forum.
  • We are excited to share that the Dagbani Wikipedia Saha was approved by the traditional leaders and chiefs of Tamale.
  • We gained more followers on social media through the Dagbani Wikipedia Saha program.

Outcome edit

Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.


Target outcome Achieved outcome Explanation
Number of people reached (saw the ad): 90,000 people reached 50,000 50,000 people saw our campaign ads on Facebook only, we were unable to run ads on Instagram on YouTube.
Number of video views (saw the video): 40,000 Facebook views, 10,000 Instagram views and 10,000 YouTube views 11,000 Facebook views and 10,000 YouTube views Facebook and YouTube campaigns didn't perform well as expected.
Number of link clicks (clicked on the link to visit project/campaign page): 5,000 clicks 12,700 clicks Total clicks on Dagbani Wikimedians website, Citi news room blog post, NTV Ghana blog post, campaign ads on social media.
Number of campaign participants (edited or contributed): 60 participants 103 31 Wikipedia accounts created, 40 contributors were engage and supported on community group, 26 new editors participated in other projects.
N/A 2,017 Facebook group members We created a dedicated Facebook group to engage viewers. The group now have over 2,000 members.
N/A 1,900 Facebook post likes We had over 1,900 Facebook likes on all posts.
Number of trainers: 3 trainers 4 We added one more trainer.


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?
* We learnt about the rudiments of modern day journalism presentation
* We networked with different media houses and also idea pitching
* We got lots of people following Dagbani Wikipedians User Group activities
  • What did not work so well?
* There were no subtitles on the screens as the program aired, making it difficult for those who don't understand Dagbani to follow the program
* We were unable to cover more topics due the limited 30 minutes airtime allocated.
*Some of the product crew like the director and the editor did not know much about Wikipedia so we had to teach them along the way.
* We didn't meet our YouTube views target.
  • What would you do differently next time?
* Add subtitles for the benefit of those who don't understand Dagbani.
* Increase the duration of episodes from 30 minutes to 45 minutes.
* Train the production crew on Wikipedia before starting the program.
* Promote the videos more on YouTube.

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.

TOTAL AMOUNT RECIEVED (GHS)= 33,9242.2
TOTAL AMOUNT RECIEVED (USD)= 4,960
  1. Script Writing - $100
  2. Equipment Rental - $600
  3. Director - $100
  4. Cinematographer - $100
  5. Sound Director - $100
  6. Executive Producer - $100
  7. Camera- $50
  8. Post-production (editing) $100
  9. Color grading - 30 mins each week) - $500
  10. Location - $150
  11. Video promotion on social media - $100
  12. Communication, airtime and internet costs for team members - $100
  13. Contingency and bank charges - $200
  14. Production ( shooting, 30 mins each week) - $200
  15. Backdrop, Montage, Fliers, T shirts, Banners - $ 300
  16. Airtime is discounted at 40% for 8 episodes. $180*12 - $2,160
TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT (GHS)= 33,9242.2
TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT (USD)= 4,960

Remaining funds edit

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No remaining funds.

Anything else edit

Anything else you want to share about your project?

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