Narrative
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Project narrative
In April 2020, ICBC Argentina provided a donation of ARS 23.6 million to several Argentine agencies and organizations to help fight COVID-19. The funds will be used to buy hospital equipment, population monitoring, health kits, and food. ICBC Argentina subsequently launched a fundraising campaign for the same organizations, soliciting funds from employees, customers, and members of the public. The recipients of the donation include Argentina Nos Necesita, Una Sola Hinchada, Seamos Uno, Garrahan Pediatric Hospital, Cooperadora de Acción Social (COAS), Center for Medical Education and Clinical Research (CEMIC), and the Argentine Ministry of Health.
Staff comments
1. Una Sola Hinchado is a campaign of GDFE Argentina and so GDFE is listed as a receiving agency. 2. The transaction amount has been recorded as ARS 23.6 million because this is the most conservative estimate from an official source. However, one ICBC source indicates the transaction amount of the donation from April 2020 was ARS 30,590,000. A Sina article reports the transaction amount for all of its donation programs was ARS 22 million. Lastly, another ICBC article published in May 2020 reports a "more than" ARS 30 million donation. It is possible that (1) the donation increased to ARS 30,590,000 following the continued donation campaign from ICBC Argentina (meaning the additional funds came from private donors, rather than ICBC itself, and the more conservative ARS 23.6 million number correctly represents the ICBC donation), (2) the donation portion that came from ICBC Argentina was only ARS 22 million, and the remainder came from the continued campaign, (3) an additional ARS 6.99 million was donated by ICBC Argentina at the end of April, (4) another ARS 30,590,000 was donated in addition to the ARS 23.6 million. This issue warrants further investigation. 3. This project was previously linked to Record ID#91451, which captured a potential second donation to the same recipients from ICBC Argentina due to the multiple transaction amounts reported. However, it has been deactivated insofar as the two donations would have to be extremely similar, and there is a very high chance that the follow-up articles represented updates to the donation campaign – and thus the additional grant funds came from private donors – rather than a second donation from ICBC Argentina. This is additionally supported by Sina's reporting in late May 2020 that only ARS 22 million had been donated, as well as the lack of specific handover dates or language about where funds were coming from. 4. Although one ICBC article regarding the April 2020 donation lists only Argentina Nos Necesita, Una Sola Hinchada, Seamos Uno, and the Ministry of Health (and "others") as the recipients, the other ICBC article adds the Garrahan Hospital, COAS, and CEMIC also as recipients of the April donation. The more expansive list has been included as recipients.