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China donated $10.4 million USD worth of emergency food aid to Uganda in 2019

$10.4M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Uganda
Country	Uganda
Start Date	Jan 01, 2019
End Date	Nov 20, 2033
Duration	5,437 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`60303`

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On March 27th 2019, Chinese government donated $10.4 million USD worth of emergency food aid to Uganda in Kampala.

According to an article from New Vision, the donation comes in the form of 8,399 total tons of rice, delivered in 10 batches.

Ambassador Zheng said that government decided to start rice distribution in Karamoja due to the high rate of famine and that other parts of the country will also be provided with the rice from China. The first batch, which was 500 tons of rice, was donated in January 2019. This is the third batch of emergency food aid that China donated to Uganda.

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郑竹强大使出席中国向乌提供紧急人道主义粮食援助交接仪式
China donates emergency food aid to Uganda, 【中非友好】中国向乌干达提供紧急人道主义粮食援助原文網址：https://kknews.cc/world/3vmpz4o.html
驻乌干达大使郑竹强出席向乌提供紧急人道主义粮食援助交接仪式
Chinese Ambassador Zheng Zhuqiang attended the Handover Ceremony of donation of rice held by the OPM in Nakapiripirit on 27th March, 2019. This is the third batch of emergency food aid worth around 10.4 million USD since 2017 by the Chinese government to the Ugandan government. 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.

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China donated $10.4 million USD worth of emergency food aid to Uganda in 2019

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