Project ID: 44802

[EBOLA] China donates Thermometers to Sierra Leone for Re-Opening of Schools

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Grant

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

2015-01-22

Actual complete

2015-02-01

Description

On January 22, 2015, Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo pledged to send 5,000 thermometers to Sierra Leone. The thermometers would be used to diagnose fevers in Sierra Leonean schools, which had been shut down since June 2014. In a press conference on February 17, 2015, Zhao Yanbo confirmed that the thermometers had been delivered. Schools reopened on April 14, 2015.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]