Grants:Project/Rapid/Hadassahlove/Write for Rights Nigeria 2022/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2017-18 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

• To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/Hadassahlove/Write for Rights Nigeria 2022.
• You may still comment on this report on its discussion page, or visit the discussion page to read the discussion about this report.
• You are welcome to Email rapidgrants at wikimedia dot org at any time if you have questions or concerns about this report.

Goals

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

Yes the goals were met successful and fully impactful

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
Number of Wikipedia training/edit-a-thons: 2	2 virtual Wikipedia session was organized	This was met
Number of participants: 50+	a total of 35 participants signed up	Some participants could still not participate due to fear
Number of articles created or improved: 300+	122 articles created with over 400 articles in total improved	This was met
Number of new editors: 80%	we had good number of new editors but more of old users due to quality need	Fairly met

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 partnership with Bisi Alimi Foundation proved very useful and succesful.
• More non-LGBTQ+ plus participated so well.
• Having separated winners for the language proved very successful
• More Nigeia LGBTQ+ articles were created

• What did not work so well?

• Some participants still didn't feel safe to participate.
• We couldn't get adequate support from the Nigeria usergroups and community.
• There were inflation and more expenses.

• What would you do differently next time?

• Will create a proper publicity about the contest 2 months before the start so enough awareness is done.
• Create different office hours assuring participants of their safety yo attend.
• Get support from any Nigeria usergroups.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

• Refreshments - $385
• Internet subscription - $250
• Social media promotion & all the designs - $300
• Courier service to deliver prizes - $250 
• Internet support to top 20 active participants - $300
• Airtime for communication: $100
• Shirts for organizers and winners: $112
• Jurys souvenirs: $100
• Prizes: $500
• Logistics (Unforeseen expenses, bank charges and zoom charges): $60

Total: $2,357

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

YES, $64 left

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project? The project proved very succesful and provided an avenue for the addition of more Nigerian LGBT+ contents to Wikipedia.

• The result was announced here

• The prizes given out to the 3 winners:

• 
  overall winner.
• 
  Language (Igbo) winner.
• 
  Language (Hausa) winner.