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Chinese government provides RMB 10 million grant of 225 prefabricated houses for Syrian earthquake relief

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,412,341
Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•Syrian Arab RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Syrian Arab RepublicSector•Reconstruction Relief And RehabilitationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 31, 2023
Start (actual)
May 31, 2023
End (actual)
May 31, 2023

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This project distributed 225 housing units for Syrian earthquake relief, 128 were received by the Latakia governate. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/184883.

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 Syria

Implementing agencies

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Syrian Red Crescent

Loan desecription

Chinese government provides RMB 10 million grant of 225 prefabricated houses for Syrian earthquake relief

Narrative

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Project narrative

The Chinese government donated 225 prefabricated houses worth RMB 10 million, weighing a total of 420 tons, to the Syrian Arab Republic in April 2023 to help resettle Syrians displaced by the February earthquake. The handover ceremony for the houses occurred on May 31st in Damascus. The houses had steel doors, plastic steel windows, electrical utilities, hot-dip galvanized metal frames, and rockwool wallboards. The houses were handed over to the Syrian Red Crescent to distribute and build.128 of the housing units were designated for the district of Latakia.

Staff comments

1. Some sources indicate that 228 houses were donated rather than 225. Chinese official sources all stated 225 houses, while some Syrian sources stated 228. Prensa Latina (source ID #204514) implied that this shipment was merely the first of several, but I found no sources indicating subsequent shipments, and after-the-fact mentions of this donation always mentioned 225-228 houses donated.