Overview

Chinese government donates 200,000 USD for tsunami relief (linked to Record ID#s #34864, #34136 and #39186)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$400,866

Commitment Year•2005Country of Activity•MyanmarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MyanmarSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2005

Start (actual): Jan 5, 2005

End (actual): Jan 5, 2005

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

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Myanmar (Burma)

Loan description

Chinese government donates 200,000 USD for tsunami relief (linked to Record ID#s #34864, #34136 and #39186)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On January 5, 2005, the Chinese government donated $200,000 in emergency cash assistance to the Myanmar government in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. On the same occasion, Chinese diplomatic personnel and Chinese companies donated 6 million Kyats for tsunami relief (see Record ID#34136) and the Chinese Embassy also donated 1,865,400 kyat as an individual donation (see Record ID#39186). The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service records this project as flow ID #25136. OCHA also mentions that this donation is part of the 500 million RMB China pledged to donate on December 31, 2004 (see Record ID#34864).