[EBOLA] China Donates Beds and Transportation worth US$15 million to Sierra Leone

$15M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Sierra Leone
Country	Sierra Leone
Start Date	Jan 01, 2015
End Date	May 03, 2026
Duration	4,140 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`44808`

Grant Description

On 13 March 2015, Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo to Sierra Leone presented a donation of 40 ambulances, 10 pickup vans, 30 motorbikes, as well as 1,000 hospital beds. In total, the aid was worth USD 15M.

The Audit Service of Sierra Leone found that at least 125 of the beds had been stored improperly outdoors at the Central Medical Stores compound in New England Ville and entered unusable condition without ever having been put into service.

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