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Overview

China provides in-kind grant of 30 million Chinese Yuan worth of relief material to Pakistan for internally displaced persons (Linked to Record ID#39088)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$6,092,293
Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•PakistanSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 27, 2009
Start (actual)
May 27, 2009
End (actual)
May 27, 2009

Geospatial footprint

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The project provided relief to the IDPs in Swat and surrounding areas. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13927974

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

Loan desecription

China provides in-kind grant of 30 million Chinese Yuan worth of relief material to Pakistan for internally displaced persons (Linked to Record ID#39088)

Narrative

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Project narrative

To help Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Swat and adjoining areas, the Chinese government has announced further assistance of 30 million Chinese yuan worth of relief materials, Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khan on May 23, 2009. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu explained that the first batch would be airlifted to Pakistan on 27 May 2009.The grant includes water purification equipment, power generator and medicine. More than 1.6 million people had fled from the Swat Valley in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, where government forces had been battling armed Islamic militants for weeks. In addition, about 215017 internally displaced persons have been staying at 17 relief camps. More than 1.4 million affected people were registered outside the camps.

Staff comments

Previously, China had already given one million U.S. dollars cash in emergency humanitarian aid to Pakistan for the PM's Special Fund for the Victims of Terrorism. For details of this project, see #39088.