Project ID: 59686

Chinese Government grants $5 million to WFP in Kenya for food aid to refugees

Commitment amount

$ 5761690.785104869

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 5761690.79

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Kenya

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

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

2017-04-17

Actual start

2017-04-17

Actual complete

2018-03-23

Description

In 2017, the Chinese Government pledged $5 million USD (Sh500 million) to support South Sudan and Somalia refugees in Kenya. The donation was provided to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to purchase 9,000 tons of cereals (maize and sorghum) for the approximately 420,000 refugees living in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps in northern Kenya beginning on April 17, 2017. A hand-over certificate was signed on March 23, 2018, upon completion of the donation.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

9

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [Intergovernmental Organization]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Kenya [Government Agency]