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Overview

Chinese Embassy Grants Humanitarian Aid to the People of Kachin in Myanmar in 2019

Commitment Year2019Country of ActivityMyanmarDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationMyanmarSectorOther MultisectorFlow TypeGrant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 20, 2019
End (actual)
Nov 20, 2019

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The purpose of this project was to grant humanitarian aid to people in Myitkyina, Kachin State More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5996756

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

  • Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Myitkyina University

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Myitkyina General Hospital, Kachin State

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Free Medical Treatment Foundation in Kachin

Loan description

Chinese Embassy Grants Humanitarian Aid to the People of Kachin in Myanmar in 2019

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Project narrative

On November 20, 2019, Chinese Ambassador Chen Hai granted humanitarian aid to the displaced people in Myitkyina, Kachin. Officials from the state attended the ceremony. Speaking at the donation ceremony, Chinese Ambassador Chen Hai said that humanitarian assistance is part of the cooperation plan on China-Myanmar Economic Corridor and hoped that such assistance from China would be effective for the development of people in Kachin state. Chen also pledged continued assistance to Myanmar and further cooperation to assist Myanmar to achieve eternal peace in northern part of the country including Kachin state. Under the humanitarian assistance program, hospital and medical equipment is donated to Kachin state's General Hospital, Heath and Treatment Department and Free Medical Treatment Foundation. Projector equipment, audio system and computers were provided to the state's Myitkyina University and commodities including rice, cooking oil and blankets to Myitkyina School for the Blinds and an orphanage named "New Hope Family Residence."