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Bank of China donates thousands of US Dollars to the Junzi Restaurant 'Share a meal program' for free meals for Frontline workers for Covid-19 Aid

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$32,902
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•United StatesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United StatesSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 28, 2020
Start (actual)
May 25, 2020
End (actual)
May 25, 2020

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The donation went to Junzi Kitchen | Columbia University, New York NY 君子食堂 哥大店, 2896 Broadway, New York, NY 10025. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/11399303946

Stakeholders

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

Funding agencies

State-owned Commercial Banks

  • Bank of China (BOC)

Receiving agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Junzi Restaurant

Loan description

Bank of China donates thousands of US Dollars to the Junzi Restaurant 'Share a meal program' for free meals for Frontline workers for Covid-19 Aid

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Project narrative

As of May 25, 2020 the "share a meal program" started by the Chinese restaurant Junzi had donated 5000 free meals to frontline healthcare workers. As of April 27, 2020 The Bank of China New York Branch pledged to donating "thousands of U.S. dollars" to Junzi Kitchen which at that point had donated 1,811 meals. Each meal costs $10.00 USD therefore the total amount donated was $50,000.00 USD and the Bank of China could be responsible for up to $31,890.00 USD.