Overview

PowerChina builds and donates Sinohydro Training Institute in Chikankata

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,542,983

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•ZambiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZambiaSector•EducationFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of the project is to build and donate Sinohydro Training Institute in Chikankata. More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/10663725

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

Sinohydro Corporation Limited

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Zambia

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

Sinohydro Corporation Limited

Loan desecription

PowerChina builds and donates Sinohydro Training Institute in Chikankata

Narrative

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Project narrative

While constructing the Kafue Gorge Lower Hydropower Station Project in Chikankata, PowerChina spent USD 1.45 million setting up the Sinohydro Training Institute for the training of local workers as construction and engineering technicians. The institute was unveiled in 2017, and later "transferred to local proprietors at no charge after the project was completed." The Kafue Gorge project (#57536) has not yet been completed, however, making the nature of this transfer unclear. The institute also offered free courses while operated by PowerChina. As of 2020, the institute has had 347 students, four of whom received a scholarship to study in China in 2019.