Project ID: 34212

China donates goods worth 500,000 USD for cyclone relief to Myanmar in 2008 (linked to project #34211)

Commitment amount

$ 762292.9609745254

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 762292.96

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Myanmar

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

2008-01-01

Actual start

2008-05-07

Actual complete

2008-05-07

Description

In May 2008 China sent relief supplies worth 500,000 USD to Myanmar in response to Cyclone Nargis. The goods arrived at Yangon International Airport and were officially handed over on May 7, 2008. The donation included 700 tents, 9,800 blankets, and 13 tons of food. This donation accompanied a 500,000 USD cash donation for the same purpose (see project #34211). The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service lists the project as flow ID #54535.

Number of official sources

8

Number of total sources

10

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Myanmar (Burma) [Government Agency]