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Guangzhou Municipal Government contributes to donation of masks to the Buenos Aires Municipal Government in May 2020 (Linked to Record ID#94008 and #94009)

$24K USD

Funder	Guangzhou Municipal Government
Recipient Organization	Government of the City of Buenos Aires
Country	Argentina
Start Date	May 04, 2020
End Date	Dec 22, 2027
Duration	2,788 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`94003`

Grant Description

On May 4, 2020, the Buenos Aires Municipal Ministry of Health accepted a donation of 80,000 surgical disposable masks, 20,000 disposable masks, and 50,000 KN95 masks from the Municipal Governments of Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The total donation was worth USD 71,998, per the Buenos Aires Official Bulletin.

The masks are intended to help the city of Buenos Aires combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of masks contributed by the Guangzhou Municipal Government specifically is unknown, but its contribution is estimated to be worth USD 23999.33.

On July 30, 2020, the CABA Secretary-General Fernando Straface, thanked the Chinese Embassy on a video call for the donation from Guangzhou and other municipal governments, on behalf of the City of Buenos Aires.

📋 Staff Comments

1. The individual contributions from each of the municipal governments that contributed to this donation is unknown. Therefore, for the time being, AidData assumes that all three of the donors contributed equally (USD 23999.33) to the USD 71,998 grant.

📚 Sources & References

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RESOLUCIÓN 1036 2020 MINISTERIO DE SALUD, [Tweet from @fresnicoff posted 6:02 PM
Jul 30, 2020, beginning 'Hoy nos reunimos con el Embajador Zou Xiaoli para agradecerle por las donaciones de insumos sanitarios de Shanghai
Hangzhou
Shenzhen
Guangzhou y Chongqing...'], [Tweet from @ChinaEmbArg posted 11:23 PM
Jul 30, 2020 beginning 'Emb. Zou Xiaoli tuvo un encuentro virtual con el S. G. de @gcba @fstraface, quien agradeció las donaciones...']
Coronavirus en Argentina: la provincia de Buenos Aires le compró a China 10 millones de dólares en insumos médicos 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.