Overview

China donates $1 million USD to Lesotho through the World Food Program

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,408,446

Commitment Year•2008Country of Activity•LesothoSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Dec 8, 2008

Start (actual): Dec 8, 2008

End (actual): Mar 1, 2009

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

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Lesotho

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan description

China donates $1 million USD to Lesotho through the World Food Program

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2008, the Chinese government donated $1 million USD to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to buy 1,336 tons of maize flour from local farmers. On 8 December 2008, Chinese representatives officially handed it over to the Government of Lesotho and 200 different agencies responsible for distributing it to vulnerable Basotho over the next three months. This donation is a response to the then on-going famine caused by drought and rising grain prices.