Overview

China provides humanitarian aid to Afghanistan for blizzard (Linked to Record ID#70640, #53630, #53629)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$2,144,652

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•AfghanistanSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 7, 2017

Start (actual): Feb 19, 2017

End (actual): Feb 25, 2017

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

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority

Loan description

China provides humanitarian aid to Afghanistan for blizzard (Linked to Record ID#70640, #53630, #53629)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On February 19-25, 2017, China provides humanitarian aid to Afghanistan government in response to a blizzard. The aid includes tents, comforter, and down jackets. The first plane containing aid arrived in Afghanistan on February 19, and the second one arrived on February 25. One Xinhua report puts the total worth of all materials at 137.1 million afghanis dollars. This project is linked to another grant of humanitarian aid of 50 million yuan for the snow disaster, #53629, and a grant of 1 million yuan as aid for the snow, #53630, and simple Bungalow construction aid, #70640.

Staff comments

this project is not a duplicate of #53629 because the delivery dates are different.