Project ID: 2474

Chinese Government provides $2 million USD of cash assistance to support Libyan refugees in Tunisia (Linked to Project ID#85289)

Commitment amount

$ 2459760.362682555

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 2459760.36

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Tunisia

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

2011-03-18

Actual start

2011-04-07

Description

On March 18, 2011, the Chinese Government announced that it would provide emergency humanitarian assistance to the Government of Tunisia to assist Libyan refugees. The aid package consisted of $2 million USD of cash assistance (captured by this project) and RMB 30.3 million ($4.6 million USD) of relief supplies (captured by linked project ID#85289). The relief supplies included food, tents, medicine, blankets, and generators. The Chinese Government provided two batches of humanitarian aid. The first batch of aid to Tunisia was sent on a chartered China Southern Airlines flight on April 7, 2011. It consisted of 93 tons of relief materials, including 1,500 tents and about 20 tons of medicine. The second batch was sent on a chartered China Southern Airlines flight on April 9, 2011. It consisted of 97 tons of relief materials, including 1,000 sets of solar-powered lights, 23,000 blankets, 25 tons of food, and 2 tons of medicine. According to MOFCOM, as of April 10, 2011, all relief supplies had been shipped.

Additional details

AidData has assumed that the $2 million USD was transferred over and coded status as "Completion", as the other aid was delivered and it would highly irregular for this aid to not also be delivered.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

12

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Tunisia [Government Agency]