Overview

China makes first donation to Nepal worth 20 million RMB for earthquake relief (Linked to Record ID#38415, #38417)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,329,001

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•NepalSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Apr 26, 2015

End (actual): Apr 28, 2015

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This project donates disaster relief materials worth 20 million RMB to Kathmandu, Nepal. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4583247.

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

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Nepal

Loan description

China makes first donation to Nepal worth 20 million RMB for earthquake relief (Linked to Record ID#38415, #38417)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On 25 April 2015, a massive earthquake hit Nepal. On 27 April, the Chinese Embassy in Nepal posted a press release announcing that the Chinese government had decided to donate disaster relief materials worth 20 million RMB to Nepal. This donation-- including 1,600 tents, 10,000 blankets, 327 generators, and other urgently needed supplies-- were shipped on a planes on 28 and 29 April 2015. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service flow ID #127958 captures the aggregate amount of round two and three for a total of 60 million RMB. The Chinese government donated two more rounds of disaster relief packages. The second round worth 40 million RMB is captured in Record ID#38415, and the third worth 80 million RMB is described in Record ID#38417.