Overview

Chinese Government grants $1 million USD to Fiji Prime Minister's National Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Fund after Cylcone Winston (Linked to Record ID#49137)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,090,722

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•FijiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•FijiSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 5, 2016

Start (actual): Mar 5, 2016

End (actual): Mar 5, 2016

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

Fiji Prime Minister's National Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Fund

Loan description

Chinese Government grants $1 million USD to Fiji Prime Minister's National Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Fund after Cylcone Winston (Linked to Record ID#49137)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 5, 2016, on behalf of the Chinese Government, the Chinese Embassy in Fiji's Charge d’Affaires counsellor Gu Yu handed over a cheque for US$1million (F$2.12m) to Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama for the Prime Minister's National Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Fundd to aid after Tropical Cyclone Winston. Prime Voreqe Bainimarama said the donation would be placed in Fiji's fund appeal account, which was established to assist Fijians in the relief efforts following the devastation. Chine also donated relief equipment and supplies including tents, blankets, and generators valued at 50 million RMB (almost FJ$15million) to Fiji (see Record ID#49137).

Staff comments

In Record ID#49138 $100,000 was donated to Fiji from China RCS.