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China donates second batch of food aid worth 41.5 million RMB to Djibouti following the 2011-2012 East Africa drought (Linked to Record ID#59622, #59621)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$7,295,878
Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•DjiboutiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•DjiboutiSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 15, 2011
Start (actual)
Dec 18, 2011
End (actual)
Dec 18, 2011

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Djibouti

Loan description

China donates second batch of food aid worth 41.5 million RMB to Djibouti following the 2011-2012 East Africa drought (Linked to Record ID#59622, #59621)

Narrative

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Project narrative

Between July 2011 and mid-2012, a severe drought affected the entire East African region causing severe food shortages in countries like Djibouti. In response, on August 15, 2011, Premier Wen Jiabao announced that the Chinese government would donate food aid to Djibouti worth 50 million RMB. It was delivered in two batches: one on November 13, 2011 (Record ID#59622) and another on December 18, 2011. This second batch was worth 41.5 million RMB and included items such as rice, flour, and oil. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service records this donation in flow ID #87767. Record ID#59621 captures another batch of Chinese emergency food aid in support of drought victims in Djibouti worth 10 million RMB.

Staff comments

There are no sources explicitly describing this donation as worth 41.5 million RMB. However, we know that the first batch of the overall 50 million RMB donation was worth 8.5 million RMB, so the math produces that 41.5 million RMB figure.