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Overview

[EBOLA] China donates equipments and cash worth $1.854 million to Sierra Leone for combating Ebola

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,939,652
Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2015
Start (actual)
Jan 8, 2015
End (actual)
Jan 8, 2015

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

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Chinese Embassy
  • Government of Sierra Leone
  • Ministry of Health and Sanitation

Loan description

[EBOLA] China donates equipments and cash worth $1.854 million to Sierra Leone for combating Ebola

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On January 15, 2015, the Chinese embassy donated on behalf of the Chinese government $500,000 in cash, 15 pick-up trucks and 200 motorbikes worth $ 1 million, and 215 sets of medical protective equipment worth $354,000 thousand to Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic, according to the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone and Chinese Ministry of Commerce. These donations will help the Sierra Leonean government strengthen social mobilization, Ebola case management and surveillance. Ernest Bai Koroma,President of Sierra Leone, accepted the aid and Samura Kamara, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, signed the hand-over certificate.