Project ID: 55812

Chinese Government provides grant for the 50 Water Wells Drilling Project

Commitment amount

$ 3141672.3822577368

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 3141672.38

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Liberia

Sector

Water supply and sanitation (Code: 140)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

Yes

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

2016-07-01

Actual start

2017-12-10

Actual complete

2018-09-09

Description

On July 1, 2016 the Chinese Government signed an exchange of notes providing a grant to the Government of Liberia for drilling water wells (boreholes) and installing hand-pumps for 50 different schools across Liberia. According to Chinese reports, the commercial contract value was RMB 17.68 million. The purpose of this project was to provide safe drinking water to students and their communities. The Liberia Ministry of Education selected 50 different primary and secondary schools to benefit from this project: 8 wells around Monrovia, 13 wells in Bong County, 11 around Grand Gedeh County, and 18 in the vicinity of Port Harper in the southeast area. On May 10, 2017, China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC) signed the implementation contract worth RMB 17.68 million. Works began on December 10, 2017 and ended on September 9, 2018. The official handover ceremony took place on November 30, 2018.

Additional details

No sources explicitly state that the value of the Chinese Government grant was RMB 17.68 million. However, these China-aid projects frequently cover 100% of the commercial contract cost. Therefore, AidData codes RMB 17.68 million as the transaction amount.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Liberia [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC) [State-owned Company]

China Ministry of Health [Government Agency]

China Ministry of Public Works [Government Agency]