Grants:Project/Rapid/Dagbani Wikimedians/Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 in Ghana/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2021-22 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/Dagbani Wikimedians/Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 in Ghana.
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Goals

Dagbani Wikimedians on photo walk at Bolga Market

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? The project in all was so exciting as we were able to meet our set goals as indicated below:

We added or improved content on Dagbani Wikipedia and Gurene Wikipedia (Incubator)
We recruited new editors, trained them and they contributed to the project.
We engaged existing editors as well.
W e created/improved Wikidta items.
We uploaded photos on Wikimedia Commons
We created/improved Dagbani and Gurene Wikipedia articles

Outcome

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

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
A total of 3 photo walks	3 photo walks	We organized 3 photo walks across 3 regions in northern Ghana, Oti, Savannah and northern regions.
A maximum of 15 participants in each Photowalks.	15 at each photo walk.	Due to covid-19 restrictions, we invited only 15 participants for each photo walk.
A maximum of 15 participants at the upload session and editathon.	15 each	15 people participated in both the upload and editathon sessions respectively.
Upload a minimum of 400 photos from this project.	1,131	We exceeded the original target by 731 images
Use about 15% of the total images on Wikimedia projects.	Only 2.39% images were used on Wikimedia projects.	Participants focused on uploading photos and creating and improving articles content to be accepted on the fountain tool at the expense of using the images uploaded on Wikipedia.
Create/improve at least 100 articles/items on Dagbani Wikipedia and Wikidata.	105	105 Wikipedia articles were created and a total of 68 met the fountain tool requirements and reflected on it.

Learning

Dagbani Wikimedians on photo walk at Tinamolga Chief Priest's Palace

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?

Photo walks: So many people had expressed to participate in the photo walks but we were only able to select some 30 people to embark on 3 photo walks. Our target was to upload 400 images but we ended up uploading 1,131 images. A whooping 731 more of our original target. This is a huge achievement.

On upload session; The upload session was successfully organized to guide participants through on how to upload images on Wikimedia commons for the contest. Those who were new were guided to create their user accounts at the workshop and to start uploading.

Regarding the Edit-a-thon challenge; A successful workshop was organized to train participants on how to edit on Wikipedia. Newbies who did not have wikipedia accounts were guided to create their accounts and to start editing. Participants competed and created a total 105 Dagbani Wikipedia Articles. 68 of these articles were developed to meet the standard of being accepted on the fountain tool.

What did not work so well?

There was a delay in the grant approval and receipt of funds which compelled the extension of the photo contest period from February 1 - 28 2022 to then February 1 2022 - March 15 2022. There was a very low percentage of usage of images uploaded on Wikipedia projects. Only 2.39% images were used.

What would you do differently next time?

We hope to work on the processes towards the approval and subsequent receipt of funds as early as possible in order to work within the given period without the need for extension which can affect the timing of other projects that we may be running.

Next time, we will focus on guiding participants to use more of the images uploaded during the contest to the corresponding Wikipedia articles, Wikidata items and lexemes.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

BUDGET


BUDGET FUNDS RECEIVED IN GHS				22,100
ITEM	DETAILS	RATE(GHS)	QUANTITY	TOTAL(GHS)
Transportation	Transportation for the entire trip	2000	3	6000
Refreshments	Food and refreshment for Workshop and for the entire trip	150	30	4,500
Venue Rental (Upload)	Venue for upload session	600	1	600
Projector Rental	Rent of Projector	200	1	200
Internet Data Allowances	Internet for all participants to compete in uploads and article creation	70	30	2,100
Internet Data for Workshop/upload	Internet data for workshop and upload session	600	2	1,200
Venue Rental (for Workshop)	Venue for editathon session	600	1	600
Upload Session Refreshment	Food and refreshment for participants	60	30	1,800
T-Shirts for Participants	T-shirts for participants of Photowalks and workshops	40	15	600
Best Photo and editathon challenge winner Prize (Gift voucher)	Gift voucher	250	2	500
First best Contributor, Wikipedia and photo contest (Gift voucher)	Gift voucher	200	2	400
Second Best contributor, Wikipedia and photo contest (Gift voucher)	Gift voucher	150	2	300
Camera Rental	Rent cameras for use during the Photowalks	200	2	400
Wiki souvenirs	Pull-up banners and stickers.	n/a	n/a	1000
Covid-19 prevention equipment	Cost of Hand sanitizers and face masks	30	30	900
Bank charges	Transfers and Reimbursement charges	n/a	n/a	400
Transportation	Purchase and mailing of shopping vouchers, purchase and delivery of souvenirs	n/a	n/a	600
Based on Oanda Exchange January 22 2022)			GHS	22,100
1 USD = 6.12436 GHS			USD	3,500.72

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds? No remaining funds.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

Wiki Loves Folklore Photo Contest

Link to all uploaded photos

Link to results of the contest

Feminism and Folklore Edit-a-thon challenge

Link to Wikipedia contest page

Link to the fountain tool

Link to results of the contest

Results of the Contest

(Disclaimer: Prizes to be dispersed in gift card or voucher format.)

S/N	Category won	User name of winner	Prize won in GHS Gift voucher
1	Best Photo	Sir Amugi	250
2	Highest Photo (number) Contributor	Fquasie	200
3	2nd Highest Photo (number) contributor	Tahiru Rajab	150
4	Best Wikipedia Article	Munkaila Sulemana	250
5	Highest Wikipedia (Article Volume) contributor	Alhaj Darajaati	200
6	2nd Highest Wikipedia (Article Volume) contributor	Issahiddris	150