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Overview

China donates rice worth M50 million to Lesotho through the World Food Program

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,798,362
Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•LesothoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LesothoSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
Start (actual)
Apr 12, 2019
End (actual)
Sep 12, 2019

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 Lesotho

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan description

China donates rice worth M50 million to Lesotho through the World Food Program

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 12, 2019, United Nations World Food Program(WFP) held a ceremony in Shanghai to send emergency food aid from China to African countries, including Lesotho. On September 12, 2019, Lesotho received parboiled rice of 3157 metric tons amounting to M50 million (Maloti is the plural form of Lesotho's currency unit Loti) from the China government. In 2018, China agreed to provide food aid to Lesotho, and the donation was divided into three batches that all arrived in Maseru, and this M50 million rice donation is the last batch in the three divisions. Since 2016, China has been providing emergency food aid to Lesotho, and this assistance has increased yearly, in which more than 1.6 million Basotho have benefited from the Chinese emergency food aid program. On February 10th, 2020, The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of China have signed agreements to provide food assistance to Yemen, Lesotho, Dominican Republic, and the Republic of Congo to respond to their food needs outlined in recent Humanitarian Response Plans. The agreements were signed by WFP’s high-level management and the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA). Established in 2018, CIDCA is China’s new governmental agency that oversees foreign aid.