Overview

Chinese embassy donates 20 motorbikes to Sierra Leone for anti-Ebola purpose

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

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2014

Start (actual): Dec 23, 2014

End (actual): Dec 23, 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

Chinese Embassy
Government of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation

Loan desecription

Chinese embassy donates 20 motorbikes to Sierra Leone for anti-Ebola purpose

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 23, 2014, the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone Zhao Yanbo donated 20 motorbikes to Sierra Leonean government to supporting its efforts to combat Ebola. Samura Kamara, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abubakarr Fofanah, Minister of Health and Sanitation, and Yin Chengwu, Political Counsellor of the Chinese embassy, Zou Xiaoming, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy attended the hand-over ceremony. These motorbikes were bought locally for the "Operation Western Area Surge" launched by the Sierra Leonean government and will be used for case detection, epidemic tracking and monitoring.