Overview

Chinese government donates emergency food-aid worth AFN 550 million to Republic of Afghanistan in April 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$6,557,770

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•AfghanistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•AfghanistanSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2021

Start (actual): Apr 25, 2021

End (actual): Apr 25, 2021

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

China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority

Loan description

Chinese government donates emergency food-aid worth AFN 550 million to Republic of Afghanistan in April 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2021, the Chinese Government provided a grant to the Government of Afghanistan for an Emergency Food Assistance. An official handover certificate was issued for a batch of emergency food assistance on April 25, 2021. Afghan State Minister for Disaster Management Ghulam Bahaudin Jailani and Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu attended the handover ceremony. The donation was valued at AFN 550 million and included 1284 tons of wheat and 3982 tons of Chinese rice.

Staff comments

1. The Chinese project title is 对阿富汗紧急粮食援助项目 2. Sources for this project mention that this aid is in response to a disaster. It is unclear what that disaster may have been.