Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedians of Cameroun User Group/AFCON 2021/Report

Report accepted
This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2017-18 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.


Goals edit

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?

In general, we are satisfied with the project. We were able to organize activities in two cities out of four planned (due to the gathering of photographers in the two main cities of the country). We had professional protographers involved in their art and they were a good mix of newbies to Wikimedia contributing and experienced contributors. We are delighted because the participants wish to continue contributing to Wikimedian activities, on different themes. We thought of a sector organization of photographers for our User Group especially for this type of activity.

Outcome edit

Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.


Target outcome Achieved outcome Explanation
25 participants for the project In total, we had 38 participants with many new accounts created. 19 participants for the announcement project at National Museum of Cameroon,
09 participants for upload session at Douala town,
10 participants for upload session at Yaounde town.

We had almost 152% success rate in terms of global number of participants.
A category has been created on Commons to save working moments Category:2021 Africa Cup of Nations sessions

+250 photos 1 550 photos We had almost 620% success rate. The efforts put together by the team are satisfactory. Equal emphasis has been placed on image quality.
+100 of photos used on Wikimedia projects 102 photos used on Wikimedia by the reporting due date This number was calculated using the glamorous tool. We are continuing to encourage people to integrate their photos in articles and providing mentorship online.


Learning edit

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?
Overall, everything went well. We saw the participation of professional photographers who agreed to freely give their quality images and this went beyond our expectations. Hence the percentages obtained become more of a motivation to work with them who are just as interested in our various projects.
  • What did not work so well?
The validation of project and time to execute the project.
  • What would you do differently next time?
We need more interaction with grant validation this project was intensive experience. The strategy had to be reviewed in relation to the various trips due to a lack of schedule.
For example, towns like Garoua could not be made. What was to our advantage is that for this competition, the photographers did not stay in their city of residence.

Finances edit

Grant funds spent edit

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

Item Quantity Unit Cost (FCFA) Total cost (FCA) Total (USD)
Transport Yagoua - Yaounde 1 30000 30000 54
Hebergement 5 10000 50000 90
Transport Yaounde - Yagoua 1 30000 30000 54
Snack and food (announcement) 1 150000 150000 271
Internet (Account creation) 1 10000 10000 18
Venue (announcement) 1 50000 50000 90
Trainer Stipend (Yaounde) 1 10000 10000 18
Snack and food (Yaounde) 1 60000 60000 108
Internet (upload & online sessions) 1 30000 30000 54
Venue (Yaounde) 1 50000 50000 90
Helpdesk (Volunteer) 3 10000 30000 54
Photographes - Yaounde (two sessions) 20 15000 300000 542
Trainer Photo Stipend 1 10000 10000 18
Covid Yaounde 1 10000 10000 18
Internet - Douala (upload session) 1 30000 30000 54
Photographe (Douala) 10 15000 150000 271
Voyage (Douala) 3 15000 45000 81
Hebergement Trainers (Douala) 3 10000 30000 54
Trainer Photo (Douala) 1 25000 25000 45
Covid (Douala) 1 10000 10000 18
Venue (Douala) 1 50000 50000 90
Snack & Foods (Douala) 1 30000 30000 54
Trainer Photo Stipend 1 10000 10000 18
Communication 1 100000 100000 181
Total 1300000 2350
Given the photographers' places of residence, we opted for two cities, which is why Garoua and Buea were not done. All the same, there have been images of these towns around AFCON.

Remaining funds edit

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

There is no grant funds remaining

Anything else edit

Anything else you want to share about your project?