Overview

Chinese government donates 4,000 metric tons of maize worth $2 million to the World Food Program's operations in Ethiopia

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,844,283

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

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 10, 2021

Start (actual): Feb 10, 2021

End (actual): Feb 10, 2021

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The purpose of this project was for the Chinese government to donates 4,000 metric tons of maize to the World Food Program's operations in the Somali region of Ethiopia. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1707658#map=7/7.263/43.537

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

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan desecription

Chinese government donates 4,000 metric tons of maize worth $2 million to the World Food Program's operations in Ethiopia

Narrative

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Project narrative

On February 10, 2021, the Chinese government donated 4,000 metric tonnes of maize in support of the United Nations World Food Program's (WFP) operations in the Somali region of Ethiopia. The donation was valued at $2 million. The maize covered food rations for about 268,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Ethiopia's drought-prone Somali regional state.