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Chinese Government donates sports materials to Madagascar in 2023 (Linked to Record ID #s #103416 and 103401)

Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•MadagascarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MadagascarSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

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Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 15, 2023
Start (actual)
May 15, 2023
End (actual)
May 15, 2023

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This project was a donation of sports supplies, the handover agreement for which was signed in Madagascar's National Stadium. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/16814959

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Madagascar

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates sports materials to Madagascar in 2023 (Linked to Record ID #s #103416 and 103401)

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On May 15, 2023, Zhang Wei, Chargé d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Madagascar and André Haja Resampa, Madagascar's Minister of Youth and Sports signed a certificate for the handover of sports materials at the National Stadium of Madagascar. The material given included equipment for weightlifting, badminton, and table tennis. The weightlifting equipment includes training platforms, 6 training bars with full loads for men, 6 training bars with full loads for women, around 20 shoes, swimsuits, belts, knee pads and wristbands, and electric scales; for table tennis, floor coverings, tables, 12 nets, scorers, 3,600 balls, and 2 robots; for badminton, 80 rackets, 400 racket strings, and 5000 shuttlecocks; for athletics: 24 starting blocks, 60 hurdles, 25 weights, 25 javelins and around 15 discs, among other equipment. According to media sources, some of this was used for the athletes' training and another part will be used during the Island Games. The monetary value of the equipment is unknown. This grant is part of a three-part emergency technical assistance project for sports cooperation between the two countries ahead of the 11th Indian Ocean Island Countries Games, to be hosted by Madagascar scheduled August 25 to September 3, 2023. The other two parts consisted of 51 coaches and athletes training in China since February 2023 (Record ID#103416) and China sending coaches and athletes to Madagascar from June to August 2023 (Record ID#103401).