Overview

China provides the 'Chinese Ambassador Scholarship' worth of 19,435,500 CFA franc to 100 female students in Chad in 2018

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$35,195

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•ChadDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ChadSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

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Completion

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Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2018

End (actual): Sep 28, 2018

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This project was to provide scholarships to 100 total girls in 4 high schools in Chad: Sheikh Hamdan High School, Evangelical College (CE), Ibnou Mahadjir High School, and Sacred Heart High School. Sheikh Hamdan High School (local/French: Lycée Scientifique Cheikh Hamdan Ben Rachid Al Maktoum) is located in the city of Abéché, the capital of the Ouaddaï region in mid-eastern Chad. More detailed locational information about Sheikh Hamdan High School can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/926735506#map=19/13.83084/20.85410. Source link: https://www.google.com/maps/search/lyc%C3%A9e+Cheikh+Hamdan/@13.8308443,20.8535308,19z Evangelical College (local/French: Lycée Collège Evangélique) is located in N'Djamena (Arabic: نجامينا), the capital city of Chad located in the N'Djamena region in south-western Chad. More detailed locational information about Evangelical College High School can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2656221998#map=17/12.09428/15.07957. Ibnou Mahadjir High School (local/French: Lycée Ibnou Mahadjir) is located in N'Djamena (Arabic: نجامينا), the capital city of Chad located in the N'Djamena region in south-western Chad. More detailed locational information about Ibnou Mahadjir High School can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1035476383#map=18/12.13734/15.06262. Source link: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lyc%C3%A9e+Ibnou+Mahadjir/@12.1372485,15.0603979,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x1119635d69b21779:0xf5d69dd48e190c97!8m2!3d12.1372433!4d15.0625865 Sacred Heart High School (French: Lycée-Collège Sacré-Cœur, Arabic: مدرسة القلب المقدس السامي) is located in N'Djamena (Arabic: نجامينا), the capital city of Chad located in the N'Djamena region in south-western Chad. More detailed locational information about Ibnou Mahadjir High School can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/228363969#map=18/12.09216/15.07665.

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

NGO/CSO/Foundations

Fondation Grand Coeur

Implementing agencies

NGO/CSO/Foundations

Fondation Grand Coeur

Loan description

China provides the 'Chinese Ambassador Scholarship' worth of 19,435,500 CFA franc to 100 female students in Chad in 2018

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Project narrative

On August 24th, 2018, Chinese Ambassador Li Jinjin granted the "Chinese Ambassador Scholarship" to 100 female students from 4 high schools in Chad. The scholarship was awarded to students within the Fondation Grand Coeur (“大爱”基金会), a local NGO that helped with the distribution of the scholarship. The goal of the scholarship was to provide financial aid to students from families that were struggling with financial difficulties. The scholarship was provided and established by the Chinese Embassy in Chad. The amount of these scholarships is distributed as follows: 4,975,500 CFA francs for girls in Sheikh Hamdan High School, 5,575,000 for those at the Evangelical College (CE) High School, 4,423,000 for the Ibnou Mahadjir High School and 4,462,000 for those of the Sacred Heart High School. The total of scholarships is 19,435,500 CFA francs.

Staff comments

The French name of the initiative is "maintien de la jeune fille à l’école" ("keep the young girl in school").