Grants:Project/Rapid/First Bwa Wiki Loves Earth 2020/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2020-21 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? Yes

Project goals:

1.we raised awareness about the protection of sites through uploading photos in to commons.

2.we had raised awareness about copy right and referencing of pictures, though pictures were deleted, we need to contest for our photos not to be deleted in future.

3. We have engaged participants through Wikimedia commons, and the use of pictures in articles in future edit thorns.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Number of participants ː 25 Participants.	We had more participants on the deck	Some of the participants had their network data and resources to join the session.
Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons ː 250 images uploaded.	Though this was achieved, our participants had their photos deleted from commons.	Some of our uploaded content was deleted from the Wikimedia commons repository server.
Number of photos used on Wikimedia projectsː 30	we had 40 I. Ages used on articles, unfortunately most if the images were deleted and we had to upload them again.

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?

A promising project which will bring more volunteers in future.

What did not work so well?

Most of the new attendees failed to create accounts. We had our images deleted from Wikimedia commons.

What would you do differently next time?

Request ip settings for more account creations. Get more experienced people to help us when our images are getting deleted.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

1. Communication expensesː P 1 368.00 (Banner designing; P 700 and Social media manager/volunteer stipend P 668)

2. Internet Data Expensesː P 142.51 x 12 = P 1710.06

2b. Internet Data for the closing ceremony ː P 142.51 x 23 = P 3 277.73

3. Certificates Expensesː P 333 x 12 = P 3 996

4. Prizes Expensesː Awarded, $600 / P 6,840.38 ($300 for 1st prize, $200 for the 2nd and lastly $100 for the third prize).

5. P1000 bank charges and transfers

We had remaining funds of 131 usd, therefore we did not use the photo hunting budget. We agreed to find individually find photos.

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds? ̩131.59 Usd

Remaining funds are retained by the grantee with WMF's permission until after the report review has been completed and report has been accepted, at which time the WMF program officer will also provide instructions regarding the grantee's reallocation or return of the unspent grant funds.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

Date	Time	City	Winner	Amount	Currency	Purchase	Receipt status
25 February 2020	15:32 GMT+	Francistown, Botswana	Prize (Lesly Bathoen (Lesly Bathoen)) 1st prize	300	Usd	Prize for the first winner (300 usd), Tablet pad and t-shirt	No receipt
25 February 2020	15:32 GMT+	Gaborone, Botswana	Kabelo Moagi ( Kabelo Moagi)	200 Usd	Usd	Prize for the second winner(200 Usd) Tripod stand and a branded cap	No receipt
25 February 2020	15:32 GMT+	Palapye, Botswana	Letang Kedibonye(Letang Kedibonye)	100	USD	Prize for the third winner(100 usd) Head sets (ear phones) , a t-shirt and branded cap.	No receipts
25 February 2020		Botswana	( Tebogo Malefo(Username : Tebogo Malefo))	61.38 usd/668 bwp	USD	Social media volunteer/ stipend(61.38 usd/668 bwp)	No receipts

The images of some participants were deleted ,from the Wikimedia commons,due to copy right issues therefore others can be seen here

The pictures were judged based on the quality of images, and the judges were:

JUDGES

1. Mompoloki Seadimo ( Mompoloki Seadimo)

2. Chebukani Mawaya (Chebukani)

other photos

Mountain rat
Wood crusher bird
Sun set
Lizard in the desert
Flamants in the river
King fisher in the oka delta