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China grants $1 million USD to WFP for food security in Pakistan

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,064,126
Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•PakistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Multiple JurisdictionsSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017
Start (actual)
Aug 23, 2017
End (actual)
Dec 1, 2017

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China grants $1 million USD to WFP for food security in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3780131

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)

State-owned Funds

  • Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Pakistan

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan description

China grants $1 million USD to WFP for food security in Pakistan

Narrative

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Project narrative

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service (flow ID #165560), on 23 August 2017, the Chinese government donated $1 million USD to the World Food Programme (WFP) making it the first United Nations entity in Pakistan to receive bilateral funds from the China. The financing was specifically sourced from the China South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund. The money supported an operation called Transition: Toward Resilience and Food-Secure Pakistan which aims to feed displaced populations after years of deteriorating socio-economic and environmental conditions. According to a December 2017 WFP press release, this $1 million USD donation targeted 158,000 residents of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). It bought 60 mt of iodized salt, 110 mt of LNS or Mamta, 305 mt of yellow split peas, and 291 mt of vegetable oil.