China donates $3 million USD to WFP for food aid to displaced people in Congo (Linked to #56616)
Commitment amount
$ 3457014.471062921
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 3457014.47
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]
Recipient
Congo (Brazzaville)
Sector
Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On November 3, 2017, the PRC Ministry of Commerce and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) published press releases announcing that a Chinese government official signed a cooperation agreement committing $5 million USD from the South-South Cooperation Fund to the WFP for food and nutrition assistance to displaced people in Republic of Congo-Brazzaville and Central African Republic (CAR). Of the $5 million USD contribution, $3 million USD was earmarked for the Congo. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service (flow ID #165588) marks this donation as fully paid. According to the WFP press release, this $3 million USD was intended to "assist 150,000 people – mostly women and children – in the conflict-affected Congolese departments of Pool and Bouenza." The remaining $2 million USD for CAR is captured in project #56616.
Additional details
UN OCHA flow marks the decision and flow dates as 30 September 2017 but there are no other sources confirming this
Number of official sources
4
Number of total sources
4
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
China South-South Cooperation Fund [State-owned Fund]
Indirect receiving agencies [Type]
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [Intergovernmental Organization]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Government of Republic of Congo [Government Agency]
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [Intergovernmental Organization]