Foshan Municipality donates 250 stainless steel rubbish bins worth USD $46,135.40 to Port Vila, Vanuatu

$46.1K USD

Funder	Foshan Municipal People's Government
Recipient Organization	Port Vila Municipality Council
Country	Vanuatu
Start Date	Jan 01, 2021
End Date	Jun 28, 2028
Duration	2,735 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`96989`

Grant Description

On May 6th, 2021, the Port Vila city council received 250 stainless steel rubbish bins from its sister city, Foshan Municipality in Guangdong Province, China through the Chinese Embassy. The bins will be placed around the city.

According to the Lowy Pacific Aid Map, this donation was worth USD $46,135.40, or over five million Vanuatu vatu, with each rubbish bin worth around 20,000 vatu.

The donation came following the Sister City agreement that Port Vila City Council has had with Foshan City since June 12th 2017 under Former Mayor Ulrich Sumptoh. The rubbish bins will replace the ones in Seafront Park, Independence Park and Saralana Park.

📚 Sources & References

China donates 250 stainless steel rubbish bins to Port Vila city
Port Vila city received support from China
Embassy blong China long Port Vila i donetem 250 Rubbish Bin tede i kam long Port Vila City Council.
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