Overview

Chinese Government provides grant for construction of primary school in Yoni village

Commitment Year•2008Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2008

Start (actual): Sep 2, 2008

End (actual): Jan 9, 2010

Geospatial footprint

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This primary school is located in Yoni village within Bombali district. More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1990758145

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

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Sierra Leone

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Sierra Leone Ministry of Education

State-owned companies

Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd.

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides grant for construction of primary school in Yoni village

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 2, 2008, Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. and Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Education signed an implementation contract for a Chinese Government grant-funded primary school construction project in Yoni village within Bombali district. Yoni is the home village of Sierra Leone's then-President, Ernest Bai Koroma. The monetary value of this grant commitment is unknown. Then, on January 9, 2010, China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi attended a project handover ceremony for this primary school. No additional details are available.

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is 援塞拉利昂农村学校项目.