Overview

Chinese Government provides CFA 1 billion grant for Water Well Drilling Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,768,870

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•ChadDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ChadSector•Water Supply And SanitationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2015

Start (actual): May 15, 2015

End (actual): Sep 28, 2016

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 Chad

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC)

Loan description

Chinese Government provides CFA 1 billion grant for Water Well Drilling Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2015, the Chinese Government provided a grant worth 1 billion CFA francs to the Government of Comoros for a Water Well Drilling Project. The project involved solar-powered drilling of water wells and the installation of solar-powered water pumps in 26 kindergartens and social centers in 16 cities. China Geo-Engineering Corporation International Ltd. was responsible for the construction. On May 15, 2015, China’s Ambassador to Chad, Hu Zhiqiang, attended a project commencement ceremony. Then, on September 28, 2016, Ambassador Wu Jie and the Minister of Women, Family and National Unity of Chad signed the project handover certificate.

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is 打井项目. The French project title is Projet de réalisation des forages d'aide économique au Tchad or Projet visant à réaliser des forages d'eau potable dans 16 villes du Tchad