Project ID: 44599

Chinese embassy donates 20 motorbikes to Sierra Leone for anti-Ebola purpose

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2014-01-01

Actual start

2014-12-23

Actual complete

2014-12-23

Description

On December 23, 2014, the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone Zhao Yanbo donated 20 motorbikes to Sierra Leonean government to supporting its efforts to combat Ebola. Samura Kamara, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abubakarr Fofanah, Minister of Health and Sanitation, and Yin Chengwu, Political Counsellor of the Chinese embassy, Zou Xiaoming, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy attended the hand-over ceremony. These motorbikes were bought locally for the "Operation Western Area Surge" launched by the Sierra Leonean government and will be used for case detection, epidemic tracking and monitoring.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]

Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation [Government Agency]

Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation [Government Agency]