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Chery Automobile Co. Ltd. provides donation of 10,000 disposable masks to Uruguay in April 2020

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,127
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•UruguayDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•UruguaySector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

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Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Feb 28, 2020

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

  • Chery Automobile Co. Ltd.

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Uruguay
  • Uruguay National Emergency System (SINAE)

Loan description

Chery Automobile Co. Ltd. provides donation of 10,000 disposable masks to Uruguay in April 2020

Narrative

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Project narrative

On or about April 13, 2020, Chery Automobile Co. Ltd. handed over a donation of 10,000 disposable masks to the Uruguayan Embassy in China. The masks were subsequently handed over to the Government of Uruguay and distributed to various institutions to help combat COVID-19, including the National Emergency System (SINAE). According to reporting from El País, 5,000 of the masks were destined to go to rural schools. The date that the masks arrived in Uruguay is unknown. Harvard's Mask Diplomacy dataset estimates the donation had a value of USD 4,000. This was a part of a larger donation that Chery Automobile Co. Ltd. of 700,000 pieces of various medical supplies to 20 countries that was started in late February.

Staff comments

1. The commitment date is based off of a report that said Chery's donations were announced in late February 2020. (see: Source ID# 169100)