Overview

[EBOLA] China Donates Beds and Transportation worth US$15 million to Sierra Leone

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$15,692,976

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2015

Start (actual): Mar 13, 2015

End (actual): Mar 13, 2015

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 Sierra Leone

Loan description

[EBOLA] China Donates Beds and Transportation worth US$15 million to Sierra Leone

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On 13 March 2015, Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo to Sierra Leone presented a donation of 40 ambulances, 10 pickup vans, 30 motorbikes, as well as 1,000 hospital beds. In total, the aid was worth USD 15M. The Audit Service of Sierra Leone found that at least 125 of the beds had been stored improperly outdoors at the Central Medical Stores compound in New England Ville and entered unusable condition without ever having been put into service.