Grants:Project/Rapid/Houssem/Wikipedia in High Schools of Metlaoui/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2013-14 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Wikipedia in High Schools of Metlaoui was a great opportunity to learn more and to contribute in the improvement of Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects,despite the difficulties and obstacles we faced during the activities.

Workshop Tozeur
Workshop dghech
Workshop Nefta
Workshop Gafsa
WOrkshop Metlaoui
photowalk

Goals

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

I think I met only 60% of the project goals,but we are satisfied and happy about the work we have done and what we learned about it.

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
Number of total participants (new registered wikimedians) 40	42
Number of articles created or improved (if applicable) 400	60	The big problem we faced during the project was that most of the participants didn't have a laptop in their house.Also in high schools there was computer science labs but unfortunately with no internet connection .So, the main difficulty was in logistics
Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (if applicable) 100	0	logistic problem (lack of laptops and internet connection )
Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects (if applicable) 50	0	logistic problem (lack of laptops and internet connection )

Learning

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 workshops was great.

The participants were satisfied and enjoyed the workshops and photo walk.

What did not work so well?

Absence of participants ( some participants attend only one workshop )
Lack of equipment (laptops and internet connection)

What would you do differently next time?

If we organize this kind of project next time we will accept participants that have laptops and internet connection in their house so they can continue editing without any problem.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Budget	Number	Unit price	funding requested	funding spented	comments
Workshops	20	50	1000	635
Edit-a-thons	2	650	1300	1766
Photo walk	2	1100	2200	2341	we have organised only one photo walk using a big bus the cost of bus rental is high, because we did not find large buses in our city
T-shirts	45	27	1215	990
Total			5715	5732

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

NO

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?