Overview

China grants $2 million in food aid to Somalia through WFP (Linked to Record ID#52398)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$2,181,443

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•SomaliaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LesothoSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 19, 2016

Start (planned): Sep 19, 2016

Start (actual): Oct 18, 2016

End (actual): Oct 18, 2016

Geospatial footprint

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The affected regions can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13702732 , https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13702731 , https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13702730, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/14278313 , https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13702729

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 Commerce

Receiving agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs (Somalia)

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan description

China grants $2 million in food aid to Somalia through WFP (Linked to Record ID#52398)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In October 2016, the Chinese government donated $2 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support the famine-affected regions in Somalia, where a drought has deteriorated the food security situation (UNOCHA: Financial Tracking Service Flow ID: 149621). Earlier, on September 19, the Chinese Minister of Commerce, Gao Hucheng and the Executive Director of WFP, Ertharin Cousin, signed an agreement at UN headquarters in New York for the provision of this aid. On October 18, 2016, the WFP held a ceremony in Mogadishu to thank the Chinese government for the donation. The donation will provide access to nutritious and curative food for malnourished children and mothers in Somalia. Chinese Ambassador to Somalia, Wei Hongtian, and Minister of Interior and Federal Affairs of Somalia, Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig, attended the ceremony on behalf of their respective governments. This project is completed. This project is linked to Record ID#52398, a $8 million donation made in 2016 to Ethiopia for the same purpose.