Overview

The First Lady of China Donates 20,000 School Uniforms to Elementary Schools in Liberia

Commitment Year•2007Country of Activity•LiberiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LiberiaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2007

Start (actual): Jul 23, 2007

End (actual): Jul 23, 2007

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 Liberia

Loan description

The First Lady of China Donates 20,000 School Uniforms to Elementary Schools in Liberia

Narrative

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Project narrative

On 23 July 2007. Mrs. Liu Yongqing, the wife of Chinese President Hu Jintao, presented a 20,000 school uniform handover ceremony to the Liberian elementary school students at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liberia. This is a gift from the first lady of China for expressing her affection for the people of Liberia and her love for the education and children. President Sirleaf emotionally said that the 20,000 student uniforms could make many children who were forced to drop out of school because they could not afford school uniforms to return to school, and therefore would change their destiny, which is a great significance. President Sirleaf also noted that these uniforms will be distributed to students in the three poorest states of Grand Kru, Riverji, and Galboru.