Project ID: 73663

China sends International Rescue Team to Algeria following the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Algeria

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

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

2003-05-25

Actual start

2003-05-25

Actual complete

2003-05-30

Geography

Description

On 21 May 2003, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Boumerdès Province in Algeria. In response, on May 25, 2003, the Chinese government sent a 30-member International Rescue Team to Algeria to help with search and rescue efforts. The value of this project is unknown. The 30-member team, headed by the deputy director of the China Seismological Bureau, arrived in Algeria with with three dogs. On May 30, the team successfully accomplished their mission and returned to China. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service captures this project in flow ID #14712.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Algeria [Government Agency]

China Earthquake Administration [Government Agency]