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Chinese Government provides $6.4 million grant for Drilling of 202 Wells Project (Linked to Record ID#52339)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$6,810,409
Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•MozambiqueDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MozambiqueSector•Water Supply And SanitationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017
Start (actual)
Dec 23, 2013
End (actual)
Oct 30, 2014

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved the drilling of 102 boreholes in Maputo province and 100 boreholes in Bilene, a town in southern Mozambique that lies 140 kilometers northeast of Maputo in the province of Gaza. More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11678641

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

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Mozambique

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co., Ltd. (CJIC)
  • Zhongding International Construction Group Co.,Ltd.

Loan description

Chinese Government provides $6.4 million grant for Drilling of 202 Wells Project (Linked to Record ID#52339)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On June 13, 2016, China’s Ministry of Commerce provided a $6.4 million grant to the Government of Mozambique for the Drilling of 202 Wells Project. This project, which was funded with the proceeds from a $16 million grant agreement that the Chinese Government and the Government of Mozambique signed in 2016 (see Record ID#52339), involved the drilling of 102 boreholes in Maputo province and 100 boreholes in Gaza Province. The ultimate objective of the project was to provide drinking water to over 60,000 rural residents. In Maputo and Gaza provinces. Zhongding International Construction Group Co.,Ltd. was the contractor responsible for project implementation. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on August 1, 2017. Then, construction began in December 2017. The project was ultimately completed in 2018.

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is 莫桑比克202口打井项目.