Grants:Project/Rapid/Nyinawumuntu/Wiki for rights to healthy environment in Rwanda 2022/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/Nyinawumuntu/Wiki for rights to healthy environment in Rwanda 2022.
• You may still comment on this report on its discussion page, or visit the discussion page to read the discussion about this report.
• You are welcome to Email rapidgrants at wikimedia dot org at any time if you have questions or concerns about this report.

Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? We did achieve our main 3 objectives which were

1. To make Awareness on the Human Rights to healthy environment and Biodiversity
2. To Add and improve content on this topic especially on biodiversity status in Rwanda
3. To Recruit new editors and engage the existing ones

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants. The project outcome was a series of articles written by the community based on the topics we shared on the following link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_for_rights_to_healthy_environment_in_Rwanda_2022

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Number of participants : 40	Number of participants: 23	this goal was achieved and participants actively contributed in the project, among the participants there were around 10 new members participating in Wikimedia activities and the 23 is exactly the number of participants that contributed with articles.
Number of articles created and improved is 60	Number of articles created and improved is 123	the outcome can be assessed through the project dashboard where more than 123 articles have been contributed reporting various aspects of implementation of initiatives aiming at environmental conservation, biodiversity and healthy environment practices in Rwanda
Number of workshops organized: 1	we successfully organized one workshop	the outcome of the workshop have been very positive as it gave participants a platform to acquire basic knowledge for the new comers and concepts behind the healthy environment for those experienced Wikimedia editors and this served as a meeting opportunity with the experts in the field . The workshop also was a good platform to share the briefings for the contest we conducted. the following link show the pictures taken at the workshop event. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Rwanda/events

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 project improved our knowledge and participation in healthy environment initiatives in Rwanda -->Doing preliminary research on potential topics that could be assigned to participants.

• What did not work so well?

--> Keeping the participants in line of the theme was not easy, oftentimes they would write about off-topics.

• What would you do differently next time?

-->Dig deeper into the topics so that there will be enough knowledge about the theme.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Category	Item	Quantity	Rate (USD)	Total (USD)	Explanation
Community outreach	Promotion campaigns	1	$100	$100	We used socio media and other online tools to mobilize the participants
	Graphical designs (Posters, flyers & banner)	1	$30	$30	We designed a banner for this special occasion and it was used in the workshop.
	Organizing team transport	4	$40	$160	The organizing team was facilitated in transport during the promotion time.
	Communication (Phone calls)	4	$20	$80	The communication for the organizing team was covered to get participants engaged and recruited.
Workshop and edit-a -ton	Venue for the hybrid workshop online and onsite	1	$100	$100	This workshop has been the a platform to enable interaction between participants on site and those attending online, the participants learnt most of the concepts about biodiversity and healthy environment and the briefings for the contest were shared in the same workshop.
	Food & beverages	16	$10	$160	The costs for food and beverages on the full day training were covered.
	COVID-Test	16	$7	$112	This was a requirement for people to gather in training and it was covered.
	Branded T-shirts	16	$8	$128	Branded T-Shirts for onsite participants and the organizing team were acquired.
	Pull up banner	1	$70	$70	The pull up banner was acquired.
	Internet data	40	$20	$800	The internet cost for every participant including those who participated online was covered.
	Child care	4	$100	$400	The facilitation for child care for 4 parents with little kids was covered
	Experts facilitation	2	$300	$600	The facilitation (transport and communication) for the two experts, one in human rights and the second in biodiversity who facilitated the workshop and guide the participants in articles writing were covered.
	Participants certificates	40	$3	$120	The cost for designing and printing the appreciation certificates were catered for.
	Winners Prizes	1	$350	$350	1st Prize ($100), 2nd Prize ($80) , 3rd Prize ($70) , 4th price ($60) & 5th Prize ($40) - All have been provided in voucher cards & awards
	Judges gifts	1	$150	$150	The judges received voucher cards for the appreciation.
	Closing ceremony internet data	44	$5	$220	The internet cost for every participant including the 4 organizers was provided.
	Transport for organizing team	1	$50	$50	The transport was covered for the organizing team at the closing ceremony.
Total: 3630 USD

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds? No remaining funds

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?