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Overview

Hainan province provides donation of 9,600 masks to Uruguay's Rocha Department in April 2020

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$3,962
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•UruguayDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•UruguaySector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 8, 2020
End (actual)
Jul 15, 2020

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

  • Hainan Provincial Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Rocha in Uruguay

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Embassy of Uruguay in China
  • Rocha Coordinating Center for Departmental Emergencies (Centro Coordinador de Emergencias Departamentales, CECOED)

Loan description

Hainan province provides donation of 9,600 masks to Uruguay's Rocha Department in April 2020

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On or about April 8, 2020, the Hainan Province committed a donation of 9,600 masks to their sister provincial government in Rocha, Uruguay, in order to combat COVID-19. By April 8, 2020, the donation had been handed over to the Uruguayan Embassy in China. By July 15, 2020, the donation had arrived in Rocha. However, the exact arrival date is unknown. The masks were to be distributed to various agencies in the provincial government and municipal governments within the province by Rocha's Coordinating Center for Departmental Emergencies (Centro Coordinador de Emergencias Departamentales, CECOED). Using the value of the masks provided by Harvard's Mask Diplomacy Dataset, the donation was worth approximately USD 3,840.

Staff comments

1. While one Tweet from the Government of Rocha says the donation included 10,000 masks, both the government website and the Chinese Embassy report the donation included 9,600 masks. The more precise number, which is supported by multiple official sources, has been used. 2. Harvard's Mask Diplomacy Dataset uses the 10,000 masks number, and estimates the value of 10,000 masks as 4,000 USD, indicating the estimated value of an individual mask is 0.4 USD. This number is used (9,600 x 0.4) to approximate the value of the donation.