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Chinese Government provides RMB 50 million grant for Amai Mugabe High School Construction Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$8,790,215
Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•ZimbabweDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZimbabweSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2011
Start (actual)
Nov 3, 2011
End (actual)
Jan 31, 2013

Geospatial footprint

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Amai Mugabe High School (also known as Amai Mugabe Junior School) is located in the village of Mazowe within Mashonaland Central Province. The school was built on a 7,720 square meter plot. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9346711

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

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Zimbabwe

Implementing agencies

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Grace Mugabe Foundation

Private Sector

  • Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Co., Ltd. (AFECC)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides RMB 50 million grant for Amai Mugabe High School Construction Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2011, the Chinese Government provided a RMB 50 million grant to the Government of Zimbabwe for the Amai Mugabe High School Construction Project. This project involved the construction of Amai Mugabe High School (also known as Amai Mugabe Junior School), which is located in the village of Mazowe within Mashonaland Central Province. The school was built on a 7,720 square meter plot and it included 27 classrooms (carrying 30 students each), a library, an art room, music room, computer room and auxiliary equipment rooms. The school was designed to support four streams of 24 pupils per class from grade one to grade seven. Upon completion, it was envisaged that the school would cater to 900 disadvantaged children from Grace Mugabe Children's Home and surrounding areas. Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Co., Ltd. (AFECC) was the contractor responsible for project implementation. A groundbreaking ceremony took place on 3 November, 2011. On 31 January, 2013, the project was officially completed and handed over the Zimbabwean authorities. The handover certificate was accepted by Ignatius Chombo who, at the time, was Zimbabwe’s Acting Minister of Primary and Secondary Education. The school officially opened its doors to the public on 8 January, 2014. This project is also known as the Grace Mugabe Foundation Primary School Construction Project and the Grace Mugabe Orphanage School Construction Project.