Project ID: 38568

China sends rescue and medical teams to Indonesia in response to Yogyakarta earthquake

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

2006-05-27

Actual start

2006-05-30

Geography

Description

A Chinese International Rescue and Medical Team were sent to Yogyakarta in response to an earthquake that struck Yogyakarta, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, on May 27, 2006. The 43-person team, consisting of 19 doctors and nurses and several seismological experts, boarded a charter flight together with medical supplies, arriving in Bantul, Yogyakarta in the early morning of May 30, 2006. They also established a field hospital is located in SMA II Bantul. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service lists the project as flow ID #37415.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Indonesia [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Indonesia [Government Agency]