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Overview

Chinese Government grant for the first batch of Cyclone Pam emergency relief supplies (linked to Record ID#49212)

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•VanuatuSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 18, 2015
Start (actual)
Mar 22, 2015
End (actual)
Mar 22, 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

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Vanuatu

Loan description

Chinese Government grant for the first batch of Cyclone Pam emergency relief supplies (linked to Record ID#49212)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 22nd, 2015, the first batch of emergency relief from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce arrived. It arrived by chartered plane at the International Bauerfield Airport of Port Vila and is part of a 30 million RMB grant from the Chinese Government (Record ID#49212) following the destruction caused by Tropical Cyclone Pam, which hit Vanuatu on March 13th and 14th. According to "The Friendship of China and Vanuatu, Not Weakened but Consolidated by Cyclone Pam," this plane carried 260 tents for people who lost their homes. This project is linked to Record ID#49212, which is the 30 million RMB grant.