Project ID: 93221

Chinese Government donates second batch of food aid to South Sudan in October 2020

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

South Sudan

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2020-10-26

Actual start

2020-10-26

Actual complete

2020-10-26

Description

On October 26, 2020, the Chinese Government donated the second batch of food aid to South Sudan. This food aid will be used to alleviate the Confederate Army’s food shortage and aid will be distributed to temporary barracks and training centers around South Sudan. Rice was among the food that was donated. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A handover ceremony was held for this donation at the warehouse of the National Transitional Council in South Sudan. Hua Ning, China’s Ambassador to South Sudan, the Minister of Peace and Construction of South Sudan, and the Secretary-General of the National Transitional Council attended the ceremony and signed the handover certificate. According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, this was the second batch of food aid provided to South Sudan. There is no available information on the first batch of aid.

Additional details

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of South Sudan [Government Agency]