Overview

China donates medical materials worth 1 million Yuan to Sierra Leone for preventing Ebola (Linked to Record ID#35247, #41544, #36345)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$166,445

Commitment Year•2014Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Apr 23, 2014

Start (actual): Apr 23, 2014

End (actual): May 31, 2014

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 Sierra Leone

Loan description

China donates medical materials worth 1 million Yuan to Sierra Leone for preventing Ebola (Linked to Record ID#35247, #41544, #36345)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 23, 2014, the spokesman of the Chinese embassy in Sierra Leone, Xu Zhou, announced that China signed an agreement to donate medicine and medical equipment to support Sierra Leone in the prevention of the Ebola disease. Zhao Yanbo, the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Samura Kamara. The Chinese sent a batch of medical materials valued worth 1 million Yuan (approx. $162,000) to Sierra Leone in May 2014. In August 2014, with the second batch of similar materials being airlifted to Sierra Leone (#35247), the Sierra Leone government and the Chinese embassy officially signed the hand-over certificate for both consignments. This donation was given alongside donations of the same amount to Liberia and Guinea (#41544 and #36345).