Overview

Governmen of China donated around 5000 books to Panda Book Corner launched in 5 Nepal schools

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•NepalSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2018

Geospatial footprint

Map overview

Visualizes the AidData-provided feature geometry for this project.

Loading map…

The purpose of this project was to donate around 5000 books to five schools in Kathmandu, Okhaldhunga, and Jajarkot, including three private schools and two community schools. More detailed location information can be found at: Kathmandu: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12394677 Okhaldhunga: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4589463#map=6/28.101/90.033 Jajarkot: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4586357#map=8/28.977/83.013 The locations of the individual schools could not be found

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

Chinese Embassy

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Nepal

Loan desecription

Governmen of China donated around 5000 books to Panda Book Corner launched in 5 Nepal schools

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On December 6, 2018, the handover ceremony of the "Panda Book Corner" donated by the Chinese Embassy in Nepal to 5 schools in Nepal was held at Pathshala Nepal Foundation School in Patan. Ambassador Yu Hong, Political Counsellor Yang Shichao, Nepal Forest and Environment Minister Bassnet, Patan Mayor Mahaljan and others attended the ceremony. About 200 people including teachers and students from 5 donated schools participated in the above activities. In order to promote Nepal’s primary and secondary school students’ understanding of Chinese cultural knowledge, the Chinese Embassy in Nepal donated "Panda Book Corner" to Nepalese schools and provided a batch of fine books introducing Chinese history, culture, Chinese language learning and social development. Around 5,000 books was distributed to five schools including three private schools and two community schools.