Overview

China donated 3,000 tones of rice to El Salvador, aimed to help communities affected by Tropical Storm Michael (Linked to Record ID#55498)

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•El SalvadorDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•El SalvadorSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

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Commitment date: Jan 1, 2018

Start (actual): Nov 7, 2018

End (actual): Feb 8, 2019

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The purpose of this project was to provide rice as disaster relief. The shipments were received at the port of Acajutla in the Sonsonate Department of El Salvador More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5996235#map=14/13.5848/-89.8280

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

Government of El Salvador

Loan description

China donated 3,000 tones of rice to El Salvador, aimed to help communities affected by Tropical Storm Michael (Linked to Record ID#55498)

Narrative

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In November 2018, El Salvador's President Salvador Sánchez Cerén meet with President Xi Jinping in China. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, the Chinese government will donate 3000 tones of rice to El Salvador, specifically to aid farmers/communities that were affected by Tropical Storm Michael and the summer drought that resulted. The first 1,000 tons of rice arrived at the port of Acajutla, El Salvador on November 7th 2018, stated Ou Jianhong, China's ambassador to El Salvador. According to Dialogo Chino. The second batch of donations was handed over in December, 2018. The donation is complete. During this same meeting between President Cerén and President Jinping, memoranda of understanding for an Education/Scholarship Plan (#55585) and several other multisector projects were signed (#55498).