Chinese Government provides 100,000 anti-cold weather garments and materials worth RMB 20 million granted in 2015 to Peru (Linked to Record ID#36419 and #62357)

Project narrative

On May 22, 2015, the Chinese Minister of Commerce and the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs signed Letters of Exchange, in which the Chinese government agreed to grant humanitarian aid, specifically anti-cold materials, worth 20 million RMB (equivalent to $1.83 million USD) to the Government of Peru. The funds were drawn from the grants provided through two Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreements (ETCA), signed on March 19, 2008 (see Record ID#62357) and on November 12, 2014 (Record ID#36419). The agreement to do so was ratified via Decreto Supremo N° 036-2015-RE on July 15, 2015. This project operates in the context of the Chinese government committing, in 2015, broadly to provide humanitarian donations to the Peruvian INDECI (Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil) for security and disaster risk (page 146 of 'Situación y Tendencias de la Cooperación Internacional en el Perú 2011-2014'). On July 14th, 2016, INDECI received the grant at their Lurín warehouse. The donation included 60,000 cotton and polystyrene bedspreads, 30,000 thermal divers and 10,000 waterproof jackets to protect against exposure to extremely low temperatures. These materials were earmarked for distribution to fourteen regions of the country that were in a state of emergency due to cold temperatures, including Apurímac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cusco, Huancavelica, Junín, Puno, Moquegua, Pasco and Tacna, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, Loreto and San Martín.