Project ID: 59684

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

Commitment amount

$ 25579296.153799944

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 25579296.15

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Kenya

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

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

2017-03-27

Actual start

2017-06-21

Actual complete

2019-06-30

Description

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.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

11

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Kenya [Government Agency]