Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) and China Merchants Foundation donate USD 193,000 for construction of two-story school building at Tissapura Junior School
Commitment amount
$ 216847.97016659292
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 216847.97
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Merchants Foundation (CMF) [State-owned Company]
Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) [State-owned Company]
Recipient
Sri Lanka
Sector
Education (Code: 110)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
In 2019, the Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) and China Merchants Foundation donated USD 193,000 for the construction of a two-story school building at the Tissapura Junior School in Weerawila, a remote town in the Hambantota district. On October 18, 2019, the new school building was inaugurated in a ceremony attended by Cheng Xueyuan, China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Y. Wickramasiri, Secretary of the Southern Province Education Ministry, and Ray Ren, CEO of the Hambantota International Port Group. The Tissapura Junior School is one of three government schools in the Weerawila area, 20 km from the port of Hambantota. The school was founded in 1986. Currently it has about 300 students and 24 teachers. Before renovation, the classrooms had been eroded by termites, wooden roofs had collapsed, and students of different grades had to share the same classroom.
Number of official sources
2
Number of total sources
4
Details
Cofinanced
No