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Overview

Chinese Government provides grant for Sophia's Lust Community Center Construction Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,165,116
Commitment Year•2014Country of Activity•SurinameDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SurinameSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 26, 2014
Start (actual)
Nov 28, 2016
End (actual)
Oct 16, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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The Chinese government helped fund the construction of a community center. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/60444475

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 Suriname

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Suriname

State-owned companies

  • Dalian International Economic and Technical Cooperation Group (CDIG)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides grant for Sophia's Lust Community Center Construction Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On November 26, 2014, the Chinese Government and the Government of Suriname signed an exchange of letters related to a grant for the Sophia's Lust Community Center Construction Project. The total grant commitment amount was RMB 7 million. On July 27, 2016, the implementation agreement for the project was signed. The community center was constructed by China Dalian International Economic and Technical Cooperation Group. Suriname's Ministry of Public Works, Transport, and Communications supervised the construction work of China Dalian International Economic and Technical Cooperation Group. Construction began on November 28, 2016 and the project was officially completed and handed over to the authorities on October 16, 2017. The center officially opened in July 2018. The community center includes a playground, fitness room, computer room, and a room for holding meetings.

Staff comments

Sources without a specified language are in Dutch. The Dutch translation of the exchange of letters that took place on November 26, 2014 is "Notawisseling d.d. 26 november 2014 houdende een Overeenkomst inzake het Sophia’s Lust gemeenschapscentrum tussen de Regering van de Volksrepubliek China en de Regering van de Republiek Suriname”