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Chinese companies WAOMC and CRSG donate food to Hastings, Rogbamgba, and Yams Farm communities in Sierra Leone

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 18, 2019
Start (actual)
May 18, 2019
End (actual)
May 18, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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The donations were for Sierra Leone communities in Hastings, Rogbamgba, and Yams Farm. More detailed locational information can be found at Hastings: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/391778904 Rogbamgba Communities is located in the Western Rural District of Sierra Leone: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2541225#map=11/8.2815/-13.0827 Yams Farm: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/403791274

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Railway Engineering Corporation 7th Bureau (CREC7)
  • West African Operations and Management Company

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sierra Leone

Loan description

Chinese companies WAOMC and CRSG donate food to Hastings, Rogbamgba, and Yams Farm communities in Sierra Leone

Narrative

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Project narrative

In mid-May 2019, the West African Operations and Management Company (WAOMC) and the China Railway Seventh Group (CRSG, 中铁七局集团有限公司) donated food to the Hastings, Rogbamgba, and Yams Farm communities in Sierra Leone. A donation ceremony was held at the Sunday Foundation Secondary School in Freetown. The event was attended by Sierra Leone Councilor for Ward 391, Edward Kargbo, Member of Parliament for Constituency 111, John Sati Kargbo, Deputy General Manager of WAOMC, Kan Yadong, and local community leader, Umar Bah. The exact handover date of the donation is unknown.