Overview

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

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,008,661

Commitment Year•2005Country of Activity•GrenadaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GrenadaSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2005

End (actual): Jan 20, 2005

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

Government Agencies

Government of Grenada

Loan description

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

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.

Staff comments

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