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Chinese Embassy donates 30,000 masks and 121,000 posters to Sri Lankan Transport Board and Health Promotion Bureau

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$9,998
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•Sri LankaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sri LankaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 17, 2020
Start (actual)
Aug 17, 2020
End (actual)
Aug 17, 2020

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

  • Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB)
  • Sri Lankan Health Promotion Bureau (HPB)

Loan description

Chinese Embassy donates 30,000 masks and 121,000 posters to Sri Lankan Transport Board and Health Promotion Bureau

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On August 17, 2020, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka donated 30,000 surgical masks and 21,000 COVID-19 prevention posters to the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) and 100,000 COVID-19 prevention posters to the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB). The posters were in the Sinhala and Tamil languages. The masks and posters were intended to be distributed to thousands of bus drivers and conductors and to be distributed in public places including bus stops, railway stations, markets, hospitals, schools, health institutions, government offices, and workplaces across Sri Lanka. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A handover ceremony was held for this donation. Hu Wei, the Chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka, handed over the medical masks to Kinsley Ranawaka, the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB). The Chinese Envoy also handed over the COVID-19 prevention posters to Dr. Uthpala Amarasinghe, a representative of the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) of Sri Lanka, during the ceremony.

Staff comments

AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.