Grants:Project/Rapid/Art + Feminism: Women in Infrastructure and Technology/Report
- Report accepted
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Goals
[edit]Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Yes! The goals outlined for this project were met, regardless of challenges encountered. Conversations and possible collaborations were exchanged among organizers and participants to ensure a furtherance of the objectives in which A+F stands for, documenting content related to women and arts in various topics. Participants, especially new editors, were glad to have been a part of the project, which was a 3-Day Edit-a-Thon exercise on promoting free and notable content on Women in Art, Infrastructure and Technology. Participants expressed how much interest they had for the project topic and the community, they also expressed a continuous interest in subsequent programs. The project presented volunteer editors with an opportunity to get hands-on physical training, increased capacity and knowledge on advancing the objectives of Wikimedia through knowledge sharing on a specific topic.
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 |
| Number of Participants - 25 | 27 | We had a record of more than 25 participants who joined the project |
| Number of Articles Created or Improved - 100 | 296 | Participants created and contributed to over 290 articles on the free encyclopedia |
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?
- What did not work so well?
- What would you do differently next time?
It was an amazing time organizing this event with support from experienced editors who joined as co-facilitators to share introductory knowledge of the basics of contributing to Wikipedia to new editors. We were able to reach out to contributors and new volunteers who had an interest for promoting knowledge on the identified topic. Moreover, a challenge experienced would be the poor internet service connection at the workspace which we used. We had bought internet data to be used for the project, only for us to experience a relatively poor internet speed. This made us buy more data on alternative network providers, hence spending more than we would have on data. One thing we would do for subsequent events would be to test the internet speed at the proposed project training location before deciding when, how and what data to purchase.
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.
| S/N | Item | Quantity | Amount (USD) | Amount (NGN) | Remarks |
| 1 | Workspace | 3 Days | $515 | N213,725 | This was payment made to use the workspace at the gross rate of $170 per day. |
| 2 | Equipment Rental | 1 | $145 | N60,175 | A digital camera was rented to take photographs at the event. This was at the rate of $48.3 per day. |
| 3 | Local Transport | $100 | N41,500 | This was the amount spent on local travel towards the project. | |
| 4 | Facilitator’s Travel | 2 | $200 | N83,000 | Two of the project facilitators were in another state on personal duties. This was a travel allowance to avail them for the training at $$100 each. |
| 5 | Accommodation | 3 | $220 | N91,300 | This was spent on hotel bookings for 3 days which the two facilitators shared a room for the duration of the project at $73 per night. |
| 6 | Lunch & Refreshments | 25 | $591 | N245,265 | This was spent on getting meals and refreshments for participants for 3 days which the training lasted. |
| 7 | Internet | $300 | N124,500 | This was spent on internet purchase to encourage contributions during the period of the project and to also organize the project. We spent more than budgeted due to poor internet service observed on the initial data bought at the training location. | |
| 8 | Prizes | 3 | $150 | N150 | Top 3 contributors were rewarded with gift card vouchers at $50 each. |
| 9 | SWAGS | $266 | N110,390 | This was spent on creating souvenir items like notepads, paper bags, pen for participants. | |
| 10 | Roll-Up Banner | 1 | $73 | N30,295 | This was spent on procuring a roll-up banner specifically for the project. This would be available for subsequent events. |
| 11 | Incidentals | $100 | N41,500 | This amount was spent on miscellaneous expenses like bank charges, logistics, meals for facilitators and other unexpected expenses. | |
| Total: USD2,660 | |||||
Remaining funds
[edit]Do you have any remaining grant funds?
No. Funds were carefully spent towards the actualization of the project.
Anything else
[edit]Anything else you want to share about your project?