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China donates $3 million USD to WFP for food aid to displaced people in Congo (Linked to Record ID#56616)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,192,379
Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•CongoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•UnknownSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 3, 2017
Start (actual)
Nov 3, 2017
End (actual)
Nov 3, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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Food aid was given to the Congolese departments of Pool and Bouenza. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3220595 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3220587

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

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

State-owned Funds

  • Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Republic of Congo

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan description

China donates $3 million USD to WFP for food aid to displaced people in Congo (Linked to Record ID#56616)

Narrative

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Project narrative

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 Record ID#56616.

Staff comments

UN OCHA flow marks the decision and flow dates as 30 September 2017 but there are no other sources confirming this