Project ID: 56159

China donates to Lesotho Queen's charity

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Lesotho

Sector

Government and civil society (Code: 150)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

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

2011-01-01

Actual start

2011-11-06

Actual complete

2011-11-06

Description

On November 16, 2011, the Chinese Ambassador to Lesotho made a "small" donation to a charity run by Her Majesty Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso to help poor middle school students complete their studies. The purpose of this donation was to finance scholarships and teaching equipment for poor secondary students in Lesotho. The signing ceremony was held at the Lesotho Royal Palace with the Queen, charity fund committee chairman, and other senior officials in attendance.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

2

Download the dataset

Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Lesotho Queen's Trust Fund [NGO/CSO/Foundation]