Project ID: 37696

China grants 58,000 USD in emergency relief for victims of Mt. Pago eruption

Commitment amount

$ 144968.3843162117

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 144968.38

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Papua New Guinea

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

2002-01-01

Actual start

2002-09-27

Actual complete

2002-09-27

Description

In September 2002, the Government of the People's Republic of China donated relief funds of US$58,000 in cash to the Government of PNG in response of volcano disaster at Mt. Pago. Chinese Ambassador Zhao Zhenyu, informed PNG of his government's decision during his meeting with the Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare. The focus is on the provision of relief supplies, including shelter, water supply and sanitation. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service lists the project as flow ID #10996.

Additional details

Relief web reports the donation amount as Kina 250,000 (US$ 64,325). This discrepancy merits further investigation.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Papua New Guinea [Government Agency]