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Overview

Chinese Government sponsors Hope of Light Cataract Project

Commitment Year2011Country of ActivityBotswanaDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationBotswanaSectorHealthFlow TypeFree-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2011
Start (actual)
Jun 27, 2011
End (actual)
Jul 1, 2011

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 Botswana

Loan desecription

Chinese Government sponsors Hope of Light Cataract Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

From June 27 to July 1, 2011, a team of ophthalmologists from China successfully performed about 200 cataract operations as part of the "Hope of Light Cataract Project" in Botswana. Botswana also received a donation of ophthalmic equipment and consumables during the same period (see Record ID#30844).

Staff comments

The Chinese name for this project is 光明行.