China donates 7 million USD worth of food aid to South Sudan through World Food Program (WFP)
Commitment amount
$ 7628948.235150737
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 7628948.24
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
South Sudan
Sector
Emergency response (Code: 720)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
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).
Number of official sources
4
Number of total sources
6
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of South Sudan [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [Intergovernmental Organization]