Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikipedia20 in Bénin/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2017-18 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?

The main objective of this project is to organize the Wikipedia 20 festivities in Benin. The difficulties related to the COVID pandemic did not facilitate the implementation of the project. However, we were able to achieve some goals. We are more or less satisfied with the results obtained despite the difficulties encountered.

Outcome

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Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
More than 3 millions people reached with the awareness video including TV + Social media channels	We've attended several TV programs on the national public TV channel in Benin	N/A
100% of volunteer editors and partners receive a "Thank you" card	We've shipped cards to all our members and all organizations with whom we use to collaborate.	N/A

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?

We've planned to attend TV shows on the first national TV channel. And we've attended three time TV shows with very large audience. We've also reached all our members and stakeholders with our greetings and thankfull cards. Wikipedia20 posters had been send also to libraries, universities and other stakeholders.

• What did not work so well?

We've asked a media company to create awareness video and Newspaper article for national newspapers with interviews of our community from every parts and regions of the country. Due to the COVID pandemic, it was forbidden to cross line between north and south, for a long time. So the awareness video is still in production and we're expecting to get it next weeks.

• What would you do differently next time?

We'd like to organise an in-person event with a cake to celebrate this anniversary.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

• Awareness video production: 300 000 FCFA
• TV shows: 75 000 FCFA x 3 = 225 000 FCFA
• Newspaper article: 170 000 FCFA
• Awareness posters: 5 000 FCFA x 30 = 150 000 FCFA
• Thank you cards impression: 3 500 FCFA x 50 = 175 000 FCFA
• Envelopes: 5 000 FCFA
• Postal fees: 25 000 FCFA

Total Budget : 1 050 000 FCFA

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No funds was left

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?