Overview

Chinese Government donates 150 million RMB in food assistance to Kenya for drought relief

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$23,621,195

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•KenyaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•KenyaSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 27, 2017

Start (actual): Jun 21, 2017

End (actual): Jun 30, 2019

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 Kenya

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 150 million RMB in food assistance to Kenya for drought relief

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 27, 2017, former Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Liu Xianfa and Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich signed a letter of exchange in Nairobi, pledging 21,366 tonnes of food aid (rice) worth approximately 150 million RMB (Sh2.4 billion or 21.7 million U.S. dollars) to Kenya for drought relief. The relief food assistance is provided to 3.5 million people who are affected by the situation in the arid and semi-arid areas. On June 21, 2017, the first batch of 100,000 bags (7750 tons) of rice was handed over. Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Wu Peng announced 21,366 tonnes of rice were shipped to Kenya within one year of China's initial announcement. As of June 2019, the project has been completed and all pledged food assistance has been delivered to Kenya.