Overview

China donates educational equipment worth $9 million BBD to Barbados

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,788,569

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•BarbadosDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BarbadosSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2017

End (actual): Mar 9, 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

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Barbados Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Barbados Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT)

Loan description

China donates educational equipment worth $9 million BBD to Barbados

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On 9 March 2017, the Chinese Government officially donated educational equipment worth at least $9 million BBD to the Barbados Ministry of Education. The goods included: 3,000 desktop computers, 2,000 laptop computers, 9,000 tablets, 2,500 desks, and 2,500 chairs. Distribution of the equipment to both private and public educational institutions throughout Barbados had already begun when the handover ceremony took place.

Staff comments

Barbados is not ODA-eligible from 2011 onwards. Sources say this donation was between BBD $9 million and BBD $10 million.