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Chinese government donates 3,270 metric tons of rice worth $3 million USD to 5,290 households in Malawi

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•MalawiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MalawiSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017
End (actual)
Dec 20, 2017

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The purpose of the project is to donate 3,270 metric tons of rice worth $3 million USD to 5,290 households in Malawi. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7345522

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 Malawi

Loan description

Chinese government donates 3,270 metric tons of rice worth $3 million USD to 5,290 households in Malawi

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 20, 2017, the Chinese government donated 3,270 metric tons of parboiled rice to 5,290 households that were affected by disasters in 2017 in Ntcheu, Malawi. The rice is worth $3 million USD. In 2017, the people in Malawi suffered from armyworm attacks, floods, and poor rain patterns during the growing season. The food will be disbursed by the Malawian government to ten districts to cushion the suffering of the people in the affected areas. In Ntcheu, about 264.5 metric tonnes of rice will benefit people from five traditional authorities of Ganya and Masasa in Sharpevalley EPA as well as Makwangwala, Phambala and Tsikulamowa in Manjawira EPA’s.