Wikimania 2021/Scholarships/Wikimedia Community in South Sudan/Report

Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? The Wikimedia community user group of South Sudan was part of the consortium that applied for a joint grant, through Wikimedia User Group Tanzania, to enable community members to participate in the first virtual Wikimania. The 2021 Wikimania was the first that our community members had the privilege to attend and it was a great opportunity to learn more about the movement and network with fellow community members. It was a yet amazing and exciting moment for our members in the refugee camps as well as to network with other members from different communities who joined the 5-day conference. Our average Wikimania attendance was 3-5 days.

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
15 members to have attended the Wikimania	10 members attended	Most of the members had connectivity issues and the distance to the internet space was large that they had to miss
10 Members to be networked to other communities	5 Members where networked learned the various ways the Wikimedia communities run their programs	We had a challenge of following the events because of connectivity

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?

The members of the community showed up and contributed during the program. The network at the space was never disturbing as in the other settlements

• What did not work so well?

The members didn't all attend The reporting was done late there was poor coordination between the attendees and the coordinator because of the hard to reach internet connectivity and the lack of enough community members

• What would you do differently next time?

Inform about the event earlier to the community members suggest a proper working time to be part of the programs enhance connectivity and coordination by reaching out physically to members

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Total used = 800USD

Internet - 600 USD Local Transportaion: 100 USD Snacks: 100 USD

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No remaining funds

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project? We need more of these events to happen to awaken yet weak communities in order to get them motivated