Project ID: 36014

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

Commitment amount

$ 110709.52314084885

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 110709.52

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Burundi

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

2014-02-19

Actual start

2014-02-15

Actual complete

2014-02-18

Geography

Description

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.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Burundi Red Cross [NGO/CSO/Foundation]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Burundi Red Cross [NGO/CSO/Foundation]