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Overview

China donates emergency food aid to Lesotho

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
Apr 19, 2018
Start (actual)
Apr 19, 2018
End (actual)
Apr 19, 2018

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

Loan description

China donates emergency food aid to Lesotho

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On April 19, 2018, Chinese Ambassador to Lesotho Sun Xianghua attended the handover ceremony of China's emergency food aid project in Lesotho, and signed a handover certificate with Lesotho's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations and Acting Minister Sechabi. About 40 people including Minister of the Prime Minister's Office of Lesotho Tso Luo, Acting Permanent Secretary Mahoshi, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lehra, heads of relevant departments, Ma Guoliang, Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Lesotho, and local media reporters attended the event. This is the second batch of emergency food aid provided by the Chinese government to Lesotho since November 2017. In 2016, when there was a serious shortage of food in Las Vegas, the Chinese government provided a batch of emergency food aid to Las Vegas in time, benefiting more than 400,000 people in Las Vegas. In 2017, at the request of the Lesotho government, the Chinese government once again provided emergency food aid to Lesotho and increased the amount of aid. However, the exact donation amount for this emergency food aid is unknown.