Project ID: 69188

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

Commitment amount

$ 34950.38967860075

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 34950.39

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Malawi

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

2017-11-20

Actual complete

2018-10-29

Geography

Description

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.

Additional details

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.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Malawi [Government Agency]