Project ID: 98681

Asia Pacific Daily donates to Sri Lanka Ministry of Disaster Management following 2016 floods

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Asia Pacific Daily [State-owned Company]

Recipient

Sri Lanka

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

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

2016-05-01

Actual start

2016-05-01

Actual complete

2016-05-01

Description

In May, 2016, Asia Pacific Daily donated an unknown amount of funds to the Sri Lanka Ministry of Disaster Management following extreme flooding in Sri Lanka. At least 102 people were killed in the floods. The disaster was recorded as one of the worst in Sri Lanka's history.

Additional details

1. Asia Pacific Daily is a branch of the Chinese state-controlled Xinhua News Agency.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Sri Lanka Ministry of Disaster Management [Government Agency]