Overview

China sends 14 volunteers to Sierra Leone for unspecified purposes

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•Unallocated/unspecifiedFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 23, 2009

Start (actual): Oct 30, 2009

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

Loan description

China sends 14 volunteers to Sierra Leone for unspecified purposes

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On February 12 and 23, 2009, in order to implement the outcome of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Qiu Shaofang, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Zainab Hawa Bangura, signed an exchange of letters for a team of Chinese youth volunteers to be dispatched to Sierra Leone. The purpose of this project is unclear. The volunteers arrived in on October 30, 2009.