Chinese Government grants PHP 35 million to anti-disaster efforts in the Philippines after Typhoon Lawin in 2016 (linked to projects #49284 and #49290)

On November 22, 2016, the Chinese Government turned over a cash donation worth PHP 35,000,000 (RMB 5 million) to the Philippines through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to help fund recovery and rehabilitation efforts of the Department after Typhoon Lawin (also known as Typhoon Haima). The donation had been committed to by the Chinese Government in October 2016. The turnover ceremony was held at the DSWD Central Office in Batasan, Quezon City, where DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo received the cash donation from He Xiangqi, Charge d’ Affaires of the Embassy of China in the Philippines. This project is completed. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service lists the project as flow ID #148763. The Chinese Government also donated PHP 50 million to the government of the Philippines for the disaster relief of farmers and fishermen in regions affected by the Typhoon (recorded in the linked project #49284), and the Red Cross Society of China also provided humanitarian aid worth USD 100,000 to the Philippines (recorded in the linked project #49290). The total Chinese aid provided for these three projects is around 90 million pesos, according to the Chinese Embassy.

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