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Shenzhen Municipal Government contributes to donation of masks to the Buenos Aires Municipal Government in May 2020 (Linked to Record ID#94003 and #94008)

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

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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

  • Shenzhen Municipal People's Government

Cofinancing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Guangzhou Municipal Government
  • Hangzhou Municipal People's Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of the City of Buenos Aires

Loan desecription

Shenzhen Municipal Government contributes to donation of masks to the Buenos Aires Municipal Government in May 2020 (Linked to Record ID#94003 and #94008)

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 Shenzhen 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 Shenzhen 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.