Chinese Embassy in Cambodia provides flood relief kits to 800 families in the Dangkor district of Cambodia
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]
Recipient
Cambodia
Sector
Reconstruction relief and rehabilitation (Code: 730)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On October 20, 2020, the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia provided flood relief kits to 800 families in the Dangkor district of Cambodia. Chinese Ambassador Wang Wentian, joined by Cambodian lawmaker Hun Many, president of the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, and Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng, distributed the relief items at three different locations in the district. Each kit contained rice, noodles, tinned fish, soya sauce, drinking water and a 50,000 Cambodian riel each. As of October 21, 2020, Seasonal rains, exacerbated by tropical storms, had caused floods in 19 of the kingdom's 25 cities and provinces since the beginning of the month. By this time, 25 people had been killed and 37,396 others had been forced to evacuate.
Number of official sources
0
Number of total sources
5
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC [NGO/CSO/Foundation]