Project ID: 1475

China grants $250,000 in emergency food aid to WFP in Ethiopia

Commitment amount

$ 449816.09572102496

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 449816.1

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Ethiopia

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

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

2007-12-10

Actual start

2007-12-10

Actual complete

2007-12-10

Description

On December 10, 2007,the World Food Program (WFP) had a handover ceremony of food aid between China and Ethiopia. The Chinese donated $250,000 US dollars to the Ethiopian areas of Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, and Southern states. Miguel Barreto, deputy director of the WFP region, said that the WFP would use the grant to buy 454 tons of lentils for food assistance. The donation will benefit the implementation of the AIDS assistance project helping people living with HIV/AIDS get their needed food and nutrient supply. Miguel Bali Tuo, the deputy representative for Ethiopia at the World Food Program, said that the donation will directly benefit over 100,000 Ethiopians who suffer under this disease by providing food and nutrition assistance.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

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