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Chinese Government provides security equipment to Malawi police force in April 2021

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$230,928
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•MalawiDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MalawiSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 29, 2021
Start (actual)
Apr 29, 2021
End (actual)
Apr 29, 2021

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On April 29, 2021, the Chinese Government donated security equipment to the Malawi police force. For more detailed location information: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/12523200

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

  • Malawi Police Service

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides security equipment to Malawi police force in April 2021

Narrative

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Project narrative

On April 29, 2021, the Chinese Government donated security equipment to the Malawi police force. The equipment included 300 tents, bullet proof vests, handcuffs, gas masks, shields, helmets, shock baton sticks and binoculars. The donation has a monetary value of MK200 million ($250,000 USD). A handover ceremony was held for this donation in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Malawi’s Minister of Homeland Security, Richard Chimwendo Banda, and China’s Ambassador to Malawi, Liu Hongyang, attended the ceremony.