Project ID: 96821

Chinese Government provides 14,056 boxes of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) to the UN children's agency to help South Sudan

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

South Sudan

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2021-02-16

Actual start

2021-02-16

Actual complete

2021-02-16

Description

On February 16, 2021, the Chinese Government handed over 14,056 boxes of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) to the UN children's agency, UNICEF, to help in the fight against child malnutrition in South Sudan. This donation was made in response to South Sudan’s nutrition crisis with an estimated 313,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in 2021. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A handover ceremony was held for this donation. Andrea Suley, the UNICEF South Sudan Representative, stated that this donation will treat over 14,000 children with severe acute malnutrition.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

8

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of South Sudan [Government Agency]

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) [Intergovernmental Organization]

Implementing agencies [Type]

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) [Intergovernmental Organization]