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Overview

Chinese Government grants PHP 50 million to the Philippines after Typhoon Lawin in 2016 (linked to Record ID#s #49287 and #49290)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,148,047
Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•PhilippinesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PhilippinesSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2016
Start (actual)
Oct 24, 2016
End (actual)
Oct 24, 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

  • Government of the Philippines

Loan desecription

Chinese Government grants PHP 50 million to the Philippines after Typhoon Lawin in 2016 (linked to Record ID#s #49287 and #49290)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On October 24, 2016, the Chinese Government donated PHP 50 million to the Government of the Philippines for disaster relief for farmers and fishermen in regions affected by Typhoon Lawin (also known as Typhoon Haima). This project is completed. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service lists the project as flow ID #148762. As emergency relief for the typhoon, the Chinese Government also donated PHP 35 million to Philippine anti-disaster efforts (recorded in the linked Record ID#49287), and the Red Cross Society of China additionally provided the Philippines with humanitarian aid worth $100,000 (recorded in the linked Record ID#49290). The total amount of Chinese aid for these 3 projects is around 90 million pesos.

Staff comments

The Relief Web source describes this donation as taking place on November 7, 2016: however, AidData codes it as occurring on October 24, 2016 as that is the date recorded by the majority of project sources.