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Chinese Government provides $500,000 grant or construction of new school buildings at Aele Primary School

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$830,782
Commitment Year•2007Country of Activity•SamoaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SamoaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2007
Start (actual)
Jan 6, 2009
End (actual)
Sep 11, 2009

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved the construction of new buildings at a primary school in the village of Aele (A’ele), west of the capital city of Apia. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/140792607 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aele+Fou+Primary+School/@-13.8193954,-171.8291894,17z/data=!4m9!1m2!2m1!1sAele,+Samoa!3m5!1s0x0:0x1f76819afc34fb49!8m2!3d-13.8213841!4d-171.8250775!15sCgtBZWxlLCBTYW1vYZIBEWVsZW1lbnRhcnlfc2Nob29s

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

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Samoa

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Samoa

Private Sector

  • Qingdao Construction Group Ltd.

Loan description

Chinese Government provides $500,000 grant or construction of new school buildings at Aele Primary School

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2007, the Chinese Government provided a $500,000 grant to the Government of Samoa for the construction of new school buildings for the A’ele (or Aele) Primary School (阿艾利乡村小学) in A’ele village. Qingdao Construction Group was the contractor responsible for implementation. This was the second elementary school China had constructed in Samoa. As of 2016, ten such schools had been completed in Samoa. This was part of the pledge the former Chinese Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao, made at a UNESCO meeting in 2005, which stipulated that China would build 100 elementary schools in rural areas in developing countries. The groundbreaking ceremony for the school was held on January 6, 2009. The construction period lasted 8 months, and the handover ceremony was held on September 11, 2009.