Chinese Government donates 4,500 metric tons of yellow maize worth USD $500,000 to Zimbabwe in 2003 (linked to project #18334)

On 10 January, 2003, the Chinese Government donated 4,500 tonnes of yellow maize to the Government of Zimbabwe (See: China Donates Maize to Zimbabwe). The purpose of the donation — valued at USD $500,000 — was to help those affected by drought (See: China Donates Maize to Zimbabwe). The donation was officially handed over from China’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Hou Qingru, to Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement, Commander Joseph Made (See: China Donates Maize to Zimbabwe). This project is completed. In 2006, the Chinese Government donated an additional 3,000 tonnes of maize to those in drought stricken regions of Zimbabwe, which is recorded in the linked project #18334. (See: China pledges more aid for Zimbabwe).

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