Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/UNN Librarians/Report

Goals edit

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

Yes I met my goals. I am happy with how the project went. The micro grant arrived on time which enabled me to plan ahead. Participants turned out more than I expected and were happy to be part of the program. One of the participants said " Ngozi, please inform me when ever a program like this turns out". Another participant from Ehamufu college of Education, asked ' Is it possible the organize a program like this at my college?.

Outcome edit

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Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Number of events 1	Number of events 1	The participants have been previously trained. As such they were conversant with the Wikipedia platform and how to contribute.
Number of participants 15	Number of participants 32.	Many people are happy with the way I manage Wikipedia events in the university and like to associate with me.
Number of new editors 5	Number of new editors 9	Many people want to be associated with Wikipedia events at UNN
Number of articles created or improved 40	Number of articles created or improved 56	People were excited. They wanted to make an impact.
Number of repeat participants 10	Number of repeat participants 23	People were excited and wanted to participate

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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?

Everything worked well. The grant fund was received on time. Thanks to Ayo & his team and the Wikimedia Nigeria UG. The early arrival of the fund made logistics for the program easy. It instilled confidence in the planning team. There was light, internet connectivity and the food was delicious.

What did not work so well? The program was limited by time (One day).We would have achieved more if the program was extended to at least two days. Contributing meaningfully to Wikipedia entails that the person must read the selected Wikipedia articles to identify gaps, search for published information to fill the gap, read the information, understand it and summarize it to add to Wikipedia. This takes time. To add one paragraph of new information takes not less than two hours. so there is very little that can be achieved in a day. We were forced to merge the duties of the cleaner and babby sitter, lower the quality of the food due to lack of funds orchestrated by the increase in the number of participants. However, everybody was happy at the end of the event.

What would you do differently next time?

I will start planning and training once the publicity information is out from the Nigerian UG. I will apply for two days program. I also plan to advise the Nigerian UG to make the program a two day event.

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.

1. Venue @ NGN25,000 = NGN25,000

2. Data @ NGN20,000 = NGN20,000

3. Diesel for standby (20 liters @NGN750.) = NGN15,000

4. Lunch @NGN3,300 (34 people made up of 32 participants, 1 technical assistance, I baby sitter ) = N85,000

5. Malt drink (2 crates) @ NGN4,500 = NGN9,000.

6. Bottled Water 3pkts @ NGN1, =3,600

8. Flex banner (for publicity) 1piece @ NGN8,000. = NGN10,000

9. Customized writing pad(3 dozens to serve as souvenir) = NGN18,000

10. Honorarium to baby sitter NGN5 X 1 day = NGN5,000

11. 12. Honorarium to technical Assistance NGN10,000 X 1 day = NGN10,000.

TOTAL.= NGN200,600. Two hundred thousand, six hundred naira only.

Remaining funds edit

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No, we have no remaining funds.

#1Lib1Ref Wikimedia program at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN)

Anything else edit

Anything else you want to share about your project?

Thanks for making UNN Librarians part of this program. Many applications to host #1lib!refNG is coming up from UNN due to the way the program was managed. Thanks to Ayo & team and the Nigerian UG for making things easy for us. I will be very grateful if the emerging groups from UNN would be sponsored to host the program in their faculties or departments. It will help me a lot in my work of creating awareness of Wikipedia and its sister projects at UNN.

Attached are some of the pictures taken at the event.