Grants:Project/Rapid/UG MAI/Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Nepal/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2016-17 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?
Yes We meet our goals as we mentioned in our Grant proposal. We have reached each and every target with in the given time and date. We have successfully engaged the existing and new users during the project timeline. We have use the social media platform very well to engage the users from different part of the country.

Yes, We are very happy doing this project. Through the beginning, We work hard to achieve the goals. We learn from our last project of Wiki Loves Earth 2016 in Nepal, and use the experience to connect more people as well as focus to upload more images to Wikimedia Commons. We have managed to do all the three outreach event in different part of the country.

Activities

Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Nepal- Outreach Events

To promote the Wiki Loves Earth contest in Nepal, Maithili Wikimedians chosen 3 natural heritage sites of Nepal through internal discussion. The team decided to organize the photo walk as well as presentation class to the photographers to how to upload the images to Wikimedia Commons. The first outreach event is held at Ilam, second outreach event is held at Kathmandu Valley and the last and third outreach event is held at Rajbiraj-Rupani-Kadmaha and Kamala Hill. The outreach event shows increment in number of participants as well as increment in photo upload.

Gallery

Outreach Events

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  Group Photo at Love Dada, llam
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  Participants during presentation
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  Participants during presentation
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  Appreciation moment
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  WLE Coordinator- Pankaj Deo during his speech
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  WLE Participants discussion
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  Group Photo
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  Participants during presentation of WLE
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  Participants during presentation of WLE
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  Participants during presentation of WLE
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  Participants during presentation of WLE
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  WLE contest page

Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Nepal- Felicitation Events

Venue:	Masala Cottage, Kathmandu
Hosts:	Maithili Wikimedians (Nepal)
Date:	29 July, 2017
Time:	2 pm to 5:00 pm
Participant:	40

Program Schedule

Timing	Session	Topics to be covered	Coordinator/Resource Person
☼ 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm		Registration	Aasish Shah
☼ 2:30 pm - 2.35 pm		Welcome & Introduction	Saroj Dhakal
☼ 2:35 pm - 2.40 pm		Introductions about Wiki Loves Earth and Program	Jitendra Shah
☼ 2:40 pm - 2:50 pm	Competition Overview	Statistics and Competition overview	Saroj Dhakal
☼ 2.50 pm - 3.00 pm	Jury Speech	-	Nirmal Dulal
☼ 3.00 pm – 3:30 pm	Prize distribution	Prize distribution of Winners	WLE 2017 in Nepal Participant
☼ 3:30 pm – 3.45 pm	Coordinator Speech	WLE in Details 2017	Pankaj Kumar Deo
☼ 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm	Ending Note	Thanking	Biplab Anand
☼ 4:00 pm - 4:10 pm	Group Photo Session	-	Photographer- Bijay Chaurasia
☼ 4.10 pm - 4:45 pm	☕ High Tea/Coffee Break

Gallery

Felicitation Events

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  Aasish Shah during registration
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  Group Photo of Wiki Loves Earth 2017 in Nepal Felicitation Program
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  Janak Bhatta during WLE 2017 Felicitation Program
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  Pankoj Dev and Nirmal Dulal during WLE 2017 Felicitation Program
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  Participants
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  WLE 2017 Felicitation Program

Press mentions

2017 May 1

• Wiki Loves Earth Nepal 2017: Upload Photos of Natural Heritage sites of Nepal and Win Fantastic Prizes (English), blogortech.com

2017 May 2

• विकी लभ्स अर्थ २०१७ नेपाल प्रतियोगिता - फोटो खिच्नुस्, पुरस्कार जित्नुस् (Nepali), aakarpost.com

2017 May 11

• Wiki Loves Earth 2017 Nepal – International Photo Contest Underway (English), techlekh.com

Winners and Finalist Images

SN	User Name	Full Name	Email Address
1	Frank Jones	Frank Jones	fjonespipeline.com.au
2	Yevhen Samuchenko	Yevhen Samuchenko	visit-newyandex.ru
3	Frank Jones	Frank Jones	fjonespipeline.com.au
4	Yevhen Samuchenko	Yevhen Samuchenko	visit-newyandex.ru
5	Frank Jones	Frank Jones	fjonespipeline.com.au
6	Mohan K. Duwal	Mohan K. Duwal	mohgraphygmail.com
7	Yevhen Samuchenko	Yevhen Samuchenko	visit-newyandex.ru
8	Hari Gurung	Hari Gurung	ilameli_grgyahoo.com
9	Mohan K. Duwal	Mohan K. Duwal	mohgraphygmail.com
10	Santosh Raj Pathak	Santosh Raj Pathak	mr.santoshgmail.com

Finalist Images

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  Panorama view of the Khumbu Khola valley above Pheriche. To the left are the peaks of Tawoche (6542m) and Cholatse (6440m).
  © Frank Jones
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  Sunrise near Samagauon village - Manaslu trek area.
  © Yevhen Samuchenko
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  Nilgiri South (6,839m) forms an impressive backdrop to a large suspension bridge over the Kali Gandaki river near Tatopani.
  © Frank Jones
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  Langtang national park, view from Laurebina-La pass
  © Yevhen Samuchenko
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  A view of Ama Dablam from the high trail between Phortse and Pangboche.
  © Frank Jones
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  Mustang Caves or Sky Caves of Nepal are a collection of some 10,000 man-made caves dug into the sides of valleys in the Mustang District of Nepal.
  © Mohan K. Duwal
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  The Gupteshwor Mahadev cave is Nepal's most famous cave and is located close to Davis Falls on the other side of the World Peace Stupa.
  © Yevhen Samuchenko
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  An evening low exposure click of Dangge Khola, Ilam.
  © Hari Gurung
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  Panorama of Gosaikunda Lake (4,380 m) and Bhairabkunda Lake (4,250 m).
  © Mohan K. Duwal
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  A view of the Langtang Himalayan range from Laurebinayak (3700 m), Rasuwa.
  © Santosh R. Pathak

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

S.N.	Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1	Number of participants	233	Target reached.
2	Number of new participants	184 (78%)	These were uploaders who created usernames during the competition.
3	Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons	4180	Target reached.
4	Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects	1075 (25%)	Target reached.
5	Number of Quality images from the competition	42 (1%)	Target reached.

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?
  

Our team work from the beginning of the competition. Offline conversation with the team members help us to reach the actual target.

• What did not work so well?
  

We work according to our plan to reach more users engagement to the competition. We expected more users (Uploaders) around 300+ but we lack there.

• What would you do differently next time?
  

Well, We expect to work with the different photography organization (regional and national) to promote and engage more photographer to the Wiki Loves Earth Competition.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Number	Category	Item description	Actual total	Currency	Notes
1	Outreach program at Ilam	Travel expenses (Both ways)	13,800	NPR
2	Outreach program at Ilam	Accommodation, Food and Beverages	19,000	NPR
3	Outreach program at Kathmandu	Event, Food and Beverages	19,200	NPR
4	Outreach program at Rajbiraj-Rupani-Kadmaha	Event, Food and Beverages	12,870	NPR
5	Printing	Certificate, Batch, Token and Banner	17,000	NPR
6	Prizes & Awards	T-shirt	38,000	NPR
7	Kathmandu Felicitation Program	Jury Travel expenses (Both ways)	19,000	NPR
8	Kathmandu Felicitation Program	Venue, Snacks, Breakfast and coffee	30,600	NPR
10	Prizes & Awards	Winners of WLE 2017 in Nepal	35,000	NPR	1st,2nd, 3rd and Top Uploader)
11	Postal Charge	Courier charge	1,780	NPR
12	Miscellaneous	Other charge	2,800	NPR
		Total	2,09,050	NPR

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

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

Total project budget (from your approved grant submission)

1,98,437 NPR

Total amount requested from WMF

1,98,437 NPR

Total amount spent on this project

2,09,050 NPR

Total amount of Project and Event grant funds spent on this project

2,09,050 NPR

Total outstanding amount

10,613 NPR

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

These work fantastically-

• Social Media Promotion.
• Mass Message to the previous year contestants.
• Central Notice across Wikimedia Projects.