Chinese Government provides $2.69 million grant for construction of 3 primary schools in Tamatave, Antananarivo, and Fianarantsoa

On January 1, 2009, the Chinese Government signed a $2,693,603 grant agreement with the Government of Madagascar for the construction of 3 primary schools in Tamatave, Antananarivo, and Fianarantsoa. Anhui Foreign Economic Construction (Group) Co. Ltd. was the contractor responsible for implementation. This project started on January 1, 2009 and ended on December 31, 2010. The official handover ceremony for the primary school in Tananarive took place on August 13, 2009. The official handover ceremony for the primary school in Tamatave took place on June 18, 2010. The primary school in Fianarantsoa was also completed in 2010, but its precise completion date is unknown.

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The French project title is Trois écoles primaires dans les régions rurales or Projet d'Ecole primaire de l'Amitié sino-africaine à Madagascar. The Chinese project title is 马达加斯加塔马塔夫小学项目. In May 2018, the Aid Coordination Permanent Secretariat of the Office of the Prime Minister in Madagascar extracted information on the Chinese Government-financed projects in its Aid Management Platform (AMP) and provided it to AidData. The data extraction identifies a grant from the Chinese Government for the Trois écoles primaires dans les régions rurales.

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