Project ID: 64446

Chinese Government provides grant for Bekosi Primary School Expansion Project

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Recipient

Timor-Leste

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

Yes

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

2013-01-01

Actual complete

2015-08-19

Geography

Description

In 2013, at the request of former First Lady, Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the then Goodwill Ambassador for Education of Timor-Leste, the Chinese Embassy in Timor-Leste provided a grant for the Bekosi Primary School Expansion Project. The purpose of the project was to expand the Bekosi Primary School (Becussi Primary School) in the capital city of Dili by constructing additional 3 additional classrooms and 1 teacher's room. The expanded area of the school covered 315 square meters and was able to accommodate an additional 200 students on top of the current 300+ pupils. The opening ceremony for the expanded school was held on August 19, 2015. Chinese Ambassador, Liu Hongyang, was in attendance and gave a speech.

Additional details

This project is also known as Becussi Primary School Expansion Project

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Office of the First Lady of Timor-Leste [Government Agency]