Grants:Project/Rapid/Faith Mwanyolo/Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 in Kenya/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2020-21 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Overall, we were happy with how the project went. We managed to get a lot of submissions, honestly more than we anticipated due to the current COVID-19 crisis and all the strict regulations in our country.

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
30 participants per photowalk	25 active and known participants.	The volunteers who reached out through our calls for participation amounted to 25 in total.
1000 photos	119	We unfortunately faced a 3rd wave of covid 19 in the beginning of the competition, restricting our movement within the capital, of which doesn't have much content in relation to the theme. Travel restrictions were imposed and we could not leave the capital.

Learning

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What worked well? We introduced a lot of new contributors to the community which was really a major milestone for us. We also managed to get a lot more media content than we expected which was quite impressive.
What did not work so well? There were some participants who reserved tickets for the photo-walks but did not communicate afterwards. There was a lot of back and forth with this. The COVID-19 also proved to be a challenge due to the limitation in social gatherings. It also became a challenge planning the logistics for people individually as opposed to a group; of which was the norm.
We unfortunately faced a 3rd wave of covid 19 in the beginning of the competition, restricting our movement within the capital, of which doesnt have much content in relation to the theme. Travel restrictions were imposed and we could not leave the capital. While we were not intending on travelling as groups

We had scheduled visits to certain areas where we could collect content. The travel restrictions greatly impacted the competition especially given the notice was abrupt and didn't give us much time for alternative planning

What would you do differently next time? I will confirm with the participants early enough to avoid having participants cancelling on the last minute or not showing up entirely.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Food and refreshments = KES 20,000
Transport = KES 20,000
Data for participants = KES 10,000
Entrance fees = KES 71,000
Camera rentals = KES 12,600

Awards= KES 35,000

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds? 220 KES. We will use the remaining grant funds during the next project we plan to undertake.

Remaining funds have been used or will be used for other approved mission-aligned activities. This use has been requested in writing and approved by WMF.

Anything else

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