Project ID: 38553

China sends 1st Search and Rescue Team to Indonesia as part of Tsunami Relief efforts

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Indonesia

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

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

2004-12-31

Actual start

2004-12-31

Actual complete

2005-01-11

Geography

Description

On December 31, 2004, the 35-person rescue team from China arrived in Medan. The team consists of members from China Earthquake Administration, doctors from The General Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, and soldiers from People's Liberation Army. The main tasks for the team included searching for and rescuing survivors, performing medical operations, as well as assessing and reporting the damage. After 11 days of operation in Banda Aceh, the team returned to China on January 11.

Additional details

China contributed 63 million USD for tsunami relief in total, most of the individual project are captured in the linked resource #41811.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Indonesia [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

The General Hospital of the Chinese People's Armed Police Forces [Government Agency]