Overview

China donates 7 million USD worth of food aid to South Sudan through World Food Program (WFP)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$7,044,074

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•South SudanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•South SudanSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: May 1, 2018

Start (actual): May 22, 2018

End (actual): Dec 31, 2018

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 South Sudan

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan desecription

China donates 7 million USD worth of food aid to South Sudan through World Food Program (WFP)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On May 22, 2018, the Chinese Embassy in South Sudan, World Food Program (WFP) South Sudan office, and the South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Committee held a ceremony for China's donation of food aid to South Sudan. This donation aims to mitigating the current humanitarian crisis of starvation threat in South Sudan. According to the World Food Program source, the donation will provide enough food aid for 126,000 South Sudanese. On January 9, 2019, Ambassador He Xiangdong met with Hon. Adnan Khan, Representative of WFP to South Sudan and exchanged views on the recent humanitarian assistance of USD 7 million worth of food to South Sudan. China also granted money to World Food Program for South Sudan in 2015 (#53326) and in 2017 (#59162).