Overview

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

Commitment Year•2014Country 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, 2014

Start (actual): Mar 12, 2014

End (actual): Mar 12, 2014

Geospatial footprint

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Loon, Bohol and northern Cebu. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1550487 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1506936 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/198510695

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

China Ministry of Agriculture

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7)

Loan desecription

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

Narrative

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Project narrative

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.