China donates road-building equipment worth $4 million USD Liberia (Linked to Record ID#35259)

$4M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Armed Forces of Liberia
Country	Liberia
Start Date	Jan 01, 2014
End Date	Dec 01, 2033
Duration	7,274 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`31326`

Grant Description

On February 26, 2014, the Chinese government donated $4 million USD worth of road-building equipment to the 1st Engineering Company of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL). The equipment included ten trucks, several bull-dozers, caterpillars, mixers, and excavators among others.

According to Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yue, under the protocol signed between China and Liberia, the Chinese Government will also send a team of engineering experts to Liberia.

The team was supposed to arrive in Liberia in March 2014 to train the AFL engineering personnel on how to use their new equipment (see Record ID#35259).

📋 Staff Comments

A video report can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgIO6T2At2M.Even though this project involves the military, it is still ODA because its primary purpose is development and it is 100% concessional.

📚 Sources & References

Liberia: China Energizes New AFL -Donate Over Us$4m Engineering Equipment
LIBERIA:China Donates US$4m Equipment To AFL
Defense Receives Equipment Valued At US$4M Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.