Project ID: 62556

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

Commitment amount

$ 2080698.9059993778

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 2080698.91

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2015-01-01

Actual start

2015-01-08

Actual complete

2015-01-08

Description

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.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Ministry of Health and Sanitation [Government Agency]