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Overview

Chinese government grants K22 million for girls' hostel at secondary school in Thyolo

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$32,275
Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•MalawiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MalawiSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 20, 2017
End (actual)
Oct 29, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of the project is to grant K22 million for girls' hostel at secondary school in Thyolo. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/7347769

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 Malawi

Loan desecription

Chinese government grants K22 million for girls' hostel at secondary school in Thyolo

Narrative

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Project narrative

In November 2017, Ben Phiri received a K22 million cheque from Chinese Ambassador to Malawi, Wang Shi-Ting on behalf of the Chinese government for the construction of a girls hostel at Mpinji Community Day Secondary School (CPSS) in the Thyolo District. Phiri, a Malawian political party leader, is from the Thyolo district and regularly works on gathering funds for development projects there. The purpose of this hostel, which accommodates 56 girls, is to lessen the burden of girls traveling up to 20 km distances to school and thus reduce absenteeism. This project was completed on October 29, 2018.

Staff comments

The Nyasa Times reported that Phiri received a K22 million cheque for the hostel, while the Malawi Nation reported that the structure was a 'K30 million hostel', so it's unclear how much the hostel actually cost to build.