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The Chinese Embassy in Liberia Attends the Handover Ceremony of the Chinese Government’s Food Aid Project in Liberia
2021-12-24 01:45

On December 22, the handover ceremony of the food aid project provided by the Chinese government to students and their families affected by the Covid-19 epidemic in Liberia was held at the Wein Primary School in the capital region. Mr. Li Jiang, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy , Hon. Ansu D. Sonii, Minister of Education, Ms. Parvathy Ramaswami, Representative and Country Director of World Food Programme (WFP) in Liberia, Mr. David V. Boakai, Montserrado County Education Officer and representatives of students’ parents attended the event.

Counselor Li Jiang said in his speech that the Chinese government has spent US$2 million to purchase food supplies and donated food rations to approximately 55,250 students and their families in Montserrado, Nimba, and Maryland counties, benefiting approximately 276,250 citizens. The project will effectively improve the nutritional status of the poor and disadvantaged groups, and protect the education rights of students. In the next step, China will continue to strengthen cooperation with other international organizations such as the WFP to help respond to the epidemic and improve food security.

Ms. Ramaswami, WFP Representative in Liberia, highly commended China’s assistance, saying that WFP collaborated with the Chinese government to provide food assistance to student families in the areas hardest hit by the epidemic, which will effectively meet the increasing humanitarian and development of Liberia, improve the dietary diversity of aided students, protect Liberian children’s access to basic education and human capital development, and enhance the ability of food-insecure communities to withstand challenges.

Minister Sonii thanked the Chinese government for its long-term support to the education cause of Liberia, which Liberian people will bear in mind, and expressed that Liberia and China are friends and Liberia is willing to work together with China and other partners to continue to deepen pragmatic cooperation in the field of education.

     



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