China donates $1 million USD to UN World Food Programme for food aid in Afghanistan (Linked to Umbrella Record ID#53639)

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service (flow ID #164321), on 23 August 2017, the Chinese government committed a $1 million USD donation to the World Food Programme (WFP) for emergency "food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable returnees and refugees in Eastern Afghanistan and people displaced by conflict." A WFP press release from 16 October 2017 as well as a 2017 annual report (p. 27) confirms this donation as fully paid.

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.