Overview

Chinese Government provides $100,000 grant to Burundi Red Cross for flood relief activities

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$102,555

Commitment Year•2014Country of Activity•BurundiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BurundiSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 19, 2014

Start (actual): Feb 15, 2014

End (actual): Feb 18, 2014

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The purpose of this project was for the Chinese Government to provide a $100,000 grant to Burundi Red Cross for flood relief activities in Bujumbura. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/60715062#map=12/-3.3631/29.3781

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

NGO/CSO/Foundations

Burundi Red Cross

Implementing agencies

NGO/CSO/Foundations

Burundi Red Cross

Loan description

Chinese Government provides $100,000 grant to Burundi Red Cross for flood relief activities

Narrative

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Project narrative

On Feb. 9, 2014 torrential rains that hit villages overlooking the capital Bujumbura and some suburbs in the north of Bujumbura Municipality killed 69 persons, injured hundreds others and destroyed at least 1,000 houses, leaving more than 12,500 persons homeless, according to the Burundi Red Cross. On 19 February 2014, Chinese Ambassador to Burundi Yu Xuzhong said that the Chinese government has donated 100,000 U.S. dollars to the Burundi Red Cross to support victims of torrential rains.