Grants:Project/Rapid/Wiki Loves Africa 2022 in Botswana/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/Wiki Loves Africa 2022 in Botswana.
• 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?

• Yes we managed to meet and exceed our target number of images we wanted to have for this photo contest.

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
400	435 images and about 15 participants who entered the competition	We had old and new participants which made it easier for contributors to teach other how to upload images.

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?
  • Two photowalks were possible this helped give motivation to the participants to capture images.
  • Calling and reminding them to come for the uploading sessions.
  • Social media campaigning about Wiki Loves Africa project
  • Assisted those who wanted to upload images with Airtime/Data bundles to upload individually due to lock down restrictions.
• What did not work so well?
  • Poor internet connection
  • We had multiple lock downs happening hence this limited the movements for participants who wanted to attend photo walks and upload images in the lab.
• What would you do differently next time?
  • Use more social media / or have a Facebook live presentation on how to enter the competition so that those who missed the session can always revisit
  • Try a different schools to host Wiki Loves Africa to expand reach.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

No.	Expenses	Explanation	Amount ($)
1.	Graphic design	Design of Posters and flyers and certificate *10	200.00
2	*5 T-shirts	Judges and organisers	100.00
3.	Online advertising campaign	Social media campaign- Facebook and Twitter promotions, print posters	300.00
4.	Communication	Airtime for Communication between organizers, Reminder calls and SMS to Participants	300.00
5.	Internet Subscription	Internet Subscription for 2 months scheduled frequent check in conference calls on request to assist those with issues, Internet will be used for training participants.	500.00
6.	Gift Cards	First Prize $200 Second Prize $100 Third Prize $50	350.00
7.	Social media management		100.00
8.	Venue	3 day series of events	450.00
9.	Food	*3 days	450.00
	Total:		$2750

Remaining funds Do you have any remaining grant funds?

- No. Remainder was used under bank charges and a bit more excess from my personal account but not so much.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

• Here is a link to our social media page; Wikimedia Community Usergroup Botswana
• Here is a link to our Project page; WLA Botswana 2022