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Hangzhou Municipal Government contributes to donation of masks to the Buenos Aires Municipal Government in May 2020 (Linked to Record ID#94003 and #94009)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$24,761
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•ArgentinaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ArgentinaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 4, 2020
Start (actual)
May 4, 2020
End (actual)
May 4, 2020

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of the project is to donate masks to the Buenos Aires Municipal Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1224652.

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

  • Hangzhou Municipal People's Government

Cofinancing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Guangzhou Municipal Government
  • Shenzhen Municipal People's Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of the City of Buenos Aires

Loan desecription

Hangzhou Municipal Government contributes to donation of masks to the Buenos Aires Municipal Government in May 2020 (Linked to Record ID#94003 and #94009)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 4, 2020, the Buenos Aires Municipal Ministry of Health accepted a donation of 80,000 surgical disposable masks, 20,000 disposable masks, and 50,000 KN95 masks from the Municipal Governments of Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The total donation was worth USD 71,998, per the Buenos Aires Official Bulletin. The masks are intended to help the city of Buenos Aires combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of masks contributed by the Hangzhou Municipal Government specifically is unknown, but it is estimated to be worth USD 23999.33. On July 30, 2020, the CABA Secretary-General Fernando Straface, thanked the Chinese Embassy on a video call for the donation from Hangzhou and other municipal governments, on behalf of the City of Buenos Aires.

Staff comments

1. The individual contributions from each of the municipal governments that contributed to this donation is unknown. Therefore, for the time being, AidData assumes that all three of the donors contributed equally (USD 23999.33) to the USD 71,998 grant. 2. This donation is assumed to be separate from Record ID#93423, which captures Hangzhou's contribution to a larger donation (umbrella captured via Record ID#91387) in March 2020. Given the time between the approval of the donation captured in #94008 and the arrival of the materials captured in #93423 (May 4 vs. March 26-April 3), as well as the separate recipients (the national Ministry of Health vs. the City of Buenos Aires's Ministry of Health), it is likely these are two separate donations. However, given that the number of masks attributable to Hangzhou and other donors exceeds the total number of masks committed in the umbrella project (ID #91387), there is some risk the Hangzhou portion of the donation to Buenos Aires is being double-counted.