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Overview

Bank of China donates medical supplies to the Lord Mayor's Appeal in London

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$21,143,755
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 8, 2020
Start (actual)
Apr 8, 2020
End (actual)
Apr 8, 2020

Geospatial footprint

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The medical supplies were donated to the Lord Mayor's Appeal in London. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/33695114

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 Commercial Banks

  • Bank of China (BOC)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of City of London, UK

Loan desecription

Bank of China donates medical supplies to the Lord Mayor's Appeal in London

Narrative

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Project narrative

On April 8, 2020, the London Branch of the Bank of China donated 65 tons (nearly 4000 boxes) of medical supplies to aid in the city's COVID-19 response. The donation included 20 ventilators, 722,000 disposable medical masks, 100,000 N95 masks, 19,000 sets of protective clothing, 19,000 goggles and one million pairs of medical gloves..

Staff comments

AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details