PowerChina donates materials to Zambia to fight cholera
Commitment amount
$ 10405.622882717476
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 10405.62
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA) [State-owned Company]
Recipient
Zambia
Sector
Emergency response (Code: 720)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On January 15, 2018, China Power Construction Group Co. Ltd. (PowerChina) donated a batch of supplies to the Zambian government to fight the cholera epidemic. The donated materials included bleaching powder, hand sanitizer, buckets, disinfectant, sterilizing hand sanitizer, hand-washing bucket holders, goggles, masks, and rubber shoes, etc. The total value of the donation is 100,000 Kwacha or about 70,000 CNY. The company also provided 3 dump trucks to the Zambian Ministry of Health to clean up garbage and prevent and control the epidemic. Zambia officials said the outbreak was almost under control. In order to combat the cholera outbreak that began in Zambia in 2017, Chinese companies and the Chinese Government have donated numerous rounds of relief funding and materials: ProjectID#57357 captures the Chinese Government donation of $314,000 USD. ProjectID#66621 captures AVIC International's donation of 100,000 Kwacha. ProjectID#66622 captures the Chinese Embassy's donation of 50,000 Kwacha. ProjectID#66623 captures AVIC International's donation of 40,000 Kwacha.
Additional details
The company is also named " Kaifu Gorge Hydropower Project Department of China Hydropower" in some sources.
Number of official sources
4
Number of total sources
5
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Zambia [Government Agency]