Project ID: 49829

China donates 800 metric tons of rice to earthquake and typhoon victims in the Philippines

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Agriculture [Government Agency]

Recipient

Philippines

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

2014-01-01

Actual start

2014-03-12

Actual complete

2014-03-12

Geography

Description

On 12 March 2014, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve officials handed over 16,000 bags of rice, weighing 800 metric tons, to the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) at the National Food Authority warehouse in Cebu City, Philippines. The rice was part of disaster relief coordinated by ASEAN and donated by China after an earthquake in Bohol and Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in Cebu. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced that 10,000 bags of rice would go to earthquake victims in Loon, Bohol and the other 6,000 to typhoon victims in northern Cebu.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) [Government Agency]