China donates first batch of food aid worth 8.5 million RMB to Djibouti following the 2011-2012 East Africa drought (Linked to Record ID#85132, #59621)

Between July 2011 and mid-2012, a severe drought affected the entire East African region causing severe food shortages in countries like Djibouti.

In response, on August 15, 2011, Premier Wen Jiabao announced that the Chinese government would donate food aid to Djibouti worth 50 million RMB. It was delivered in two batches: one on November 13, 2011 and another on December 18, 2011 (Record ID#85132). The first batch, worth 8.5 million RMB, included 1,000 tons of flour and 40,000 boxes of soybean oil.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Financial Tracking Service records this donation in flow ID #87767.

Record ID#59621 captures another batch of Chinese emergency food aid in support of Djiboutian drought victims worth 10 million RMB.