Project ID: 93604

Chinese Government donates medical supplies worth Vt $60 million to Vanuatu for fight against COVID-19 (linked to project ID #89976)

Commitment amount

$ 581181.4409648216

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 581181.44

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Vanuatu

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

COVID

Yes

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

2020-05-05

Actual start

2020-05-05

Actual complete

2020-05-05

Description

On May 5 2020, a handover ceremony was held for the donation of medical supplies and 100,000 USD from the Chinese Government to Vanuatu. They were handed over by Chinese Ambassador to Vanuatu Zhou Haicheng to Prime Minister of Vanuatu Bob Loughman. The donation goes towards the fight against COVID-19 and contains medical masks, protective clothing, goggles, forehead thermometers, and ventilators amongst others. These donations amounted to Vt $60 million. This donation comes after Vanuatu has struggled with COVID-19 infections along with the aftermath of Hurricane Harold.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Vanuatu [Government Agency]