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Overview

Chinese Government provides grant for the 50 Water Wells Drilling Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$2,901,996
Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•LiberiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LiberiaSector•Water Supply And SanitationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jul 1, 2016
Start (actual)
Dec 10, 2017
End (actual)
Sep 9, 2018

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 Liberia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Health
  • China Ministry of Public Works

State-owned companies

  • China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides grant for the 50 Water Wells Drilling Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.

Staff comments

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.