Project ID: 1097

China donates $500,000 USD to Lesotho through World Food Program

Commitment amount

$ 696363.4678981202

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 696363.47

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Lesotho

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

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

2010-04-07

Actual start

2010-04-07

Actual complete

2010-04-07

Description

On April 7, 2010 the Chinese government donated $500,000 of maize to Lesotho during a ceremony held in the capital Maseru. Chinese Ambassador, Gao Deyi, handed over the donation saying “the Chinese government donated half a million US dollars to the World Food Programme to purchase food and distribute them to people who mostly need assistance" This is the second time that Lesotho has received food aid from the Chinese government.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [Intergovernmental Organization]

Government of Lesotho [Government Agency]