Grants:Project/Rapid/Wiki Love Monuments Uganda 2018/Report

Report accepted
This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2018-19 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/Wiki Love Monuments Uganda 2018.
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Goals edit

We were able to have new users and cover the eastern region of Uganda. This is a great success for these monuments to be documented on wikimedia.

Outcome edit

Please report on your original project targets.

Target Outcome Achieved Outcome Explanation
2 Event 4 events we were wide spread in the country
5 New editors 6 new editors
5 repeat Participants 5 repeat
50 Participants 17 Uploader we focused on photographers
4 Articles Created The article creation event is in December
300 Photos Uploaded 397 Photos Uploaded We had an eastern and western region drive

Learning edit

What worked well edit

  • Working with photographers helped us not spread ourselves thin and we were able to get better quality of images
  • Focusing on uncovered regions in terms of documenting monuments

What did not work so well? edit

  • Working with heritage companies to donate material about monuments in Uganda. Events were postponed and yet they agreed to work with us . As such we dint hold article creation event

What would you do differently next time? edit

Give as much focus to article creation as well as photo competition.

Finances edit

Grant funds spent edit

Item Description Quantity Unit Price ($) UGX Total ($) Total Ugx Spent(ugx)
Transport Public transport to 2 upcountry locations to hold events 4 30 112,190 120 448,758 877,500
Accommodation Hotel accommodation for 2 people travelling to Western and Northern Region 4 30 112,190 120 448,758 325,000
Food Snacks and drinks for participants during introduction and upload events 2 60 224,379 120 448,758 346,900
Communications outreach Marketing materials (posters, fliers, social media) 1 100 373,965 100 373,965 300,000
Internet data Internet data at the 2 events 2 60 224,379 120 448,758 35,000
Best 3 photos Prizes for the three best photos 3 100 373,965 300 1,121,895 1,119,000
Best 3 articles Prizes for three best articles 3 100 373,965 300 1,121,895
Western uganda tour 789,000
Social media Promotion 149,138
Bank charges
Total 1180 4,412,787 3,941,538


Remaining funds edit

I have some money left from the grant(ugx 471,249). I would like to use it for wiki loves Africa 2019 Uganda.

The funds remaining from this grant in the amount of $127.75 were deducted from another grant payment for Grants:Project/Rapid/WCUG_UG/Wiki_Loves_Africa_Uganda_2019.

Anything else edit

Anything else you want to share about your project?