Overview

China funds the Baby Account Program in Timor-Leste in 2014

Commitment Year•2014Country of Activity•Timor-LesteDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Timor-LesteSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2014

Start (actual): Jun 1, 2014

Geospatial footprint

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The project was to fund the Baby Account Program, which involved distributing food and hygiene products to families in Dili, Liquiçá, and Aileu municipalities. More detailed locational information can be found at: Dili: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/262310617 Liquiçá: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12363767#map=12/-8.6590/125.2997&layers=N Aileu: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12363788#map=11/-8.7344/125.5511&layers=N

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

Office of the First Lady of Timor-Leste

Loan description

China funds the Baby Account Program in Timor-Leste in 2014

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2014, the Chinese Embassy committed to assisting the Office of Timor-Leste First Lady, Madam Kirsty Sword Gusmao, with the Baby Account Program (“婴儿账户”慈善项目). The program supports families with $30/month; $15 is saved for "entry into school life from the age of 6," and $15 for food and hygiene. The first batch of project was launched on June 1, 2014. NGO's funded the second batch, and in 2015, China renewed their commitment and funded the third batch of the program, launched on August 25, 2015. The Chinese funding was delivered on November 20, 2015. As of November 17, 2015, 61 families were involved in the program; the first batch was launched in the 31 sucos of the Municipality of Dili, the second, NGO-funded, batch was launched on September 17, 2014, in the 23 sucos of the Municipality of Liquiçá, and the third batch was in the 31 sucos of the Municipality of Aileu.