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China Embassy donated office supplies to Burundi Agence Burundaise de Presse(ABP) to improve their working environment

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•BurundiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BurundiSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2019
Start (actual)
Dec 17, 2019
End (actual)
Dec 17, 2019

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The purpose of this project was to donate office supplies to Burundi Agence Burundaise de Presse (ABP) office, located in Bujumbura. More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/849867050

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

Receiving agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Agence Burundaise de Presse(ABP)

Loan description

China Embassy donated office supplies to Burundi Agence Burundaise de Presse(ABP) to improve their working environment

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 17, 2019, Ambassador Li Changlin visited Agence Burundaise de Presse (ABP). Ambassador Li visited the office building of the Butong News Agency, held a discussion with the president Balakingwa and reporters in the agency, and donated a batch of office supplies such as computers, printers, and cameras on behalf of the embassy. Ambassador Li said that as the 2020 general election is approaching, the office supplies donated by the Chinese Embassy will help improve the working conditions of journalists and facilitate their reporting work.