Chinese Government donates $2 million in food aid to Liberia through WFP (Linked to Record ID#44593, #64640)

On Oct 9, 2014, China signed an agreement to donate $2 million to Liberia through the World Food Program, as a part of the $6 million USD grant to help stave off food shortages in the three African countries worst affected by the Ebola virus, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

WFP China representative Brett Rierson said the money is being spent on one month of emergency food rations of mainly rice, lentils and yellow peas for 300,000 people in the three African countries. This support also extends to all aspects of the health sector relative to the provision of food. The food items were delivered in February 2015.

According to UN OCHA financial tracking system, China split $6 million USD equally to aid Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone through the World Food Program for support food security in light of the Ebola virus. Linked Record ID #s #44593 and #64640 capture the donations to Sierra Leone and Guinea. Other Ebola-related assistance provided by the Chinese Government in 2014 is captured in umbrella Record ID#60642.