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Overview

CNPC provides staff to Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark for free medical assistance mission in Venezuela 2018 (linked to Record ID#90213)

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•VenezuelaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•VenezuelaSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Sep 22, 2018
End (actual)
Sep 29, 2018

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

  • China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Venezuela

Loan description

CNPC provides staff to Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark for free medical assistance mission in Venezuela 2018 (linked to Record ID#90213)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

The state-owned company, Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), provided staff for China’s Peace Ark ( (和平方舟) hospital ship’s humanitarian visit to Venezuela. According to a 2018 CNPC corporate social responsibility report, CNPC provided staff to support the mission of the Peace Ark in Venezuela. The specific number of staff supporting the mission is unknown. The hospital ship stayed in Venezuela from September 22 2018-September 29, 2018. During the stay, the Peace Ark conducted 3,840 diagnoses and treatments, 2,349 CT and DR examinations, 30 hospitalizations, attended 25 surgical cases, and administered 64 physical examinations (see Record ID#90213).

Staff comments

This project's CRS Sector is coded as an emergency response, as the Peace Ark arrived with the purpose of providing medical aid to "thousands of Venezuelan migrants fleeing their homes amid widespread food and medicine shortages" (see Chinese hospital ship stops in turbulent Venezuela). The Peace Ark is also known as 和平方舟 in Chinese. The project is additionally linked to (Record ID#90213).