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Chinese Government provides 600 tons of rice to Visaya Disaster Response Center of the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development in October 2021

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•PhilippinesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PhilippinesSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Oct 21, 2021
Start (actual)
Oct 21, 2021
End (actual)
Oct 21, 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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7)
  • Visaya Disaster Response Center

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Visaya Disaster Response Center

Loan description

Chinese Government provides 600 tons of rice to Visaya Disaster Response Center of the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development in October 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On October 21, 2021, the Chinese Government provided 600 tons of rice to the Visaya Disaster Response Center of the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development. Chinese Consul General Jia Li handed over the rice to the department on behalf of the Chinese government. The donation was made to help Philippine citizens affected by COVID-19 and the rice will be included in family food packs which will be distributed during Philippine government response operations. Each bag of rice weighs 50 kilos and is expected to help 100,000 households. The Visaya Disaster Response Center is in charge of distributing the rice. A handover ceremony was held for this donation. Consul General Jia Li, and directors of the Philippine Seventh District Social Welfare and Development Bureau attended the ceremony.