Grants:Project/Rapid/NetSquared Accra Art and Feminism 2018/Report

Draft report

This is a draft of a grant report for a grant funded for fiscal year 2017-18. Please do not respond or comment on it just yet: it's not yet ready for review. To read the approved grant submission, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/NetSquared Accra Art and Feminism 2018.

Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Yes. Successfully participated in Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Provided training and skills to 5 new editors. 3 existing editors were also part of this training and together we created 11 articles, edited 23 articles,did 100 total edit, added 3.2k words , did 31 common uploads. We had 3 female editors of which 2 are new editors. Female participation in edit-a-ton increased.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
30 Participants	8 Participants	About 18 people RSVP for the training on NetSquared plateform and only 8 showed up. In the future frequent follow up calls wiil be made to RSVP participants and/or a collaboration made with a selected university.
1 Event	1 Event
10 Number of Editors	8 Editors	In the future frequent follow up calls wiil be made to RSVP participants and/or a collaboration made with a selected university.
10 Articles created or Improved	11 Articles Created	Participants worked an extra 3hours beyound the initial planned time which increase the number of articles created. Participants were also eager to learn and create more.
	23 Edited Articles	Participants worked an extra 3hours beyound the initial planned time leading to an additional 23 edited articles. Participants were also eager to learn and create more.
	100 Total Edit	Participants worked an extra 3hours beyound the initial planned time leading to 100 total edit.  Participants were also eager to learn and create more.
	3.2k words Added	Participants worked an extra 3hours beyound the initial planned time leading to 3.2k words added. Participants were also eager to learn and create more.
	31 common uploads	Participants worked an extra 3hours beyound the initial planned time leading to 31 common uploads. Participants were also eager to learn and create more.

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? Partnering with the church in providing a space and announcement at church service worked well. Had all the support needed in getting a venue and preparing for the training. Getting an experience Wikipedia also worked well. This was arranged in advance for the training. Also created a what App group before and after the training to share any queries about the training for assistance. Arrangement for other logistics for the training also worked well.
• What did not work so well? Number of participants for the edit-a-ton was very low compared to plan.
• What would you do differently next time? Frequent follow up calls will be made to RSVP participants and/or a collaboration with a selected university. Also frequent edit-a-tons organised as a refresher training for existing editors and to increased participation by new editors mostly females.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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Remaining funds

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Anything else

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