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Chinese Government provides CFA 328 million grant for Chinese Medical Team Housing Construction Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$790,828
Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•Guinea-BissauDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Guinea-BissauSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 6, 2011
Start (actual)
Jun 26, 2011
End (actual)
Mar 28, 2012

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was to build housing for Chinese medical teams stationed at the China-Guinea-Bissau Friendship Hospital (Hospital de Amizade Sino-Guineense) in the Brá neighborhood within the city of Bissau. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/130275531.

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

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Guinea-Bissau

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Jiangsu Construction Engineering Corporation

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides CFA 328 million grant for Chinese Medical Team Housing Construction Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2011, China’s Ministry of Commerce provided a grant to the Government of Guinea-Bissau for the Chinese Medical Team Housing Construction Project. According to email correspondence between AidData’s Executive Director and the Director General of the Office of the Secretary of State for Planning and Regional Integration in Guinea-Bissau, the monetary value of this grant commitment was CFA 328,276,800. The purpose of this project was to build housing for Chinese medical teams stationed at the China-Guinea-Bissau Friendship Hospital (Hospital de Amizade Sino-Guineense) in the Brá neighborhood within the city of Bissau. It involved the construction of housing units with kitchens, bathrooms, and central air conditioning. Table tennis, volleyball, and badminton courts were also built for team recreation. The project also involved the construction of a water tower and a 90kW generator to provide utilities. Jiangsu Jangdu Construction Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for implementation. Construction began on June 26, 2011, and the project was completed on March 28, 2012.

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is 几比医疗队和专家住房项目. The Portuguese project title is is Construção Habitação do Equipa Tecnica. The Chinese government provided a $14.5 million grant for the construction of the China-Guinea-Bissau Friendship Hospital (Hospital de Amizade Sino-Guineense), which is captured in Record ID#745. On August 20, 2010, the hospital was officially completed and handed over to the Government of Guinea-Bissau.