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Chinese Government grants $2 million to UNICEF to relieve humanitarian crisis in Somalia

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$2,128,253
Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•SomaliaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Multi-RegionSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017
Start (actual)
Nov 21, 2017
End (actual)
Nov 21, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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The States affected by the famine can be found in: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13702732 , https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13702731 , https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13702730, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/14278313 , https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13702729

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

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (Somalia)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government grants $2 million to UNICEF to relieve humanitarian crisis in Somalia

Narrative

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Project narrative

According to UNOCHA, the Chinese Government committed to donate $2 million dollars to Somalia to provide assistance to boys, girls and women affected by malnutrition (Flow ID: 169917). On November 21 2017, according to the Chinese Embassy in Somalia, the Chinese government granted the $2 million dollars in cash to UNICEF. The donation will be used to purchase food and medicine for 120,000 vulnerable people, including 15,000 children, in Somalia affected by the drought and malnutrition. One program that greatly benefitted from this grant was UNICEF's The Mother to Child Care project, which helps take medical care of mothers children in many countries, including Somalia. A ceremony was held in Mogadishu, attended by UNICEF Representative in Somalia Steven Lauwerier, Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Qin Jian, and Acting Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Elmi Omar Ceynsane.