Project ID: 55047

China donates $200,000 USD to Sri Lanka following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

Commitment amount

$ 455530.4243773273

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 455530.42

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sri Lanka

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

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

2004-12-01

Actual start

2004-12-28

Actual complete

2004-12-29

Description

On 26 December 2004, a severe earthquake near the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered an enormous tsunami in the Indian Ocean that hit many countries, including Sri Lanka. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service (flow ID #24790), on 28 December 2004, the Chinese government committed to donating $200,000 USD in cash to the Government of Sri Lanka. The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka officially handed over the donation on 29 December 2004. How exactly this money was spent is unknown.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Sri Lanka [Government Agency]