Project ID: 54660

Chinese Government provides $2 million grant to support School Feeding Program

Commitment amount

$ 4340466.699228298

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 4340466.7

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Grenada

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

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

2005-01-01

Actual complete

2005-01-20

Description

According to internal records that the Government of Grenada shared with AidData in June 2018, the Chinese Government provided a $2,000,000 grant to the Government of Grenada in 2005 to support the implementation of the country’s School Feeding Program (PAE). The program was designed to provided primary and secondary school students of Grenada with adequate and better food, education on the nutritional value of local food, introduce school gardens/orchards, and provide equipment for these goals. Around 9,400 students were provided with a cooked lunch and may waive the fee dependent on need. There was no limit on the number of students who can receive a free meal.

Additional details

1. The main source (see Dropbox link) was provided to AidData by a Ministry of Finance official in Grenada.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Grenada [Government Agency]