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Overview

Chinese Government provides rice donation worth RMB 50 million to Sierra Leone

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$7,607,489
Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 30, 2018
Start (actual)
May 16, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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Queen Elizabeth II Quay, Freetown. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/206445990

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 Sierra Leone
  • The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (Sierra Leone)

Loan description

Chinese Government provides rice donation worth RMB 50 million to Sierra Leone

Narrative

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Project narrative

On August 30, 2018, during the visit of Sierra Leone president to China, the presidents of both countries signed a bilateral agreement for the Chinese Government to provide emergency humanitarian assistance of a batch of rice valued at RMB 50 million. On May 16, 2019, the handover ceremony for the first batch of the 2018 Humanitarian Emergency Food Assistance to Sierra Leone occurred at a warehouse in Queen Elizabeth II Quay, Freetown. On January 16, 2020, the Minister of MBSSE Dr. David Sengeh in the midst of eight other govt Minister's, development partners & civil society orgs. witnessed a symbolic handing of another batch of about 27,000 bags of rice from China with 30,000 promised to arrive in February. The donated rice was for school children in Sierra Leone. Controversy occurred when the rice intended for the school children was misappropriated and sold by officials from Sierra Leone's Education Ministry.