Overview

Chinese Government donates PPE to Sri Lanka Customs for COVID-19 prevention

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$21,249

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Sri LankaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sri LankaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 15, 2021

Start (actual): Mar 15, 2021

End (actual): Mar 15, 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

Sri Lanka Customs

Loan description

Chinese Government donates PPE to Sri Lanka Customs for COVID-19 prevention

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 15, 2021, the Chinese Government donated 585 sets of protective clothing and shoes covers (13 boxes), 50,000 disposable face masks (25 boxes), 9,600 KN95 face masks (10 boxes), 240 goggles (not disposable, two boxes), 1,500 pairs of disposable gloves (three boxes), and 10 SterilAmps to the Sri Lankan Customs Agency to support front line customs officers fighting against COVID-19. Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong met Sri Lanka Customs Director General Major General (Retd.) G. Vijitha Ravipriya on March 15 to hand over the donation.

Staff comments

1. AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.