{"id":95701,"date":"2017-03-27T22:24:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T02:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95701"},"modified":"2017-03-27T22:24:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T02:24:45","slug":"china-to-donate-usd-1m-for-flood-victims-in-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/27\/china-to-donate-usd-1m-for-flood-victims-in-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"China to donate USD 1M for flood victims in Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95703\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15977871_409168539430710_4000234614457218980_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95703\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15977871_409168539430710_4000234614457218980_n.jpg\" alt=\"China will donate 1 million U.S. dollars to help flood victims who were left stranded following heavy rains that fell in February, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Huang Ping said Monday. (Photo: ZIGGD Trust\/Facebook)\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15977871_409168539430710_4000234614457218980_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15977871_409168539430710_4000234614457218980_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">China will donate 1 million U.S. dollars to help flood victims who were left stranded following heavy rains that fell in February, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Huang Ping said Monday. (Photo: ZIGGD<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/261141877566711\/photos\/p.409168539430710\/409168539430710\/?type=1&amp;opaqueCursor=AbpNxPBuDLazbAFNZugkAYRYCGzK8RLjbcaHKmiT_0qg7iy3ahefYYajyrfzeIZ8hv8cQUg7ZCX1jru1hpdBOqkghDSQ8uCJ35UDj4hbmnue9bvo-57fLWrSONkeHoFpD02lDA8B3eoLetgndTDUqSkYsPGXh85aTJ-A334VfcBX01h2ZPXOcmuG9_YmBSpZF77y06Z0u_OVSAS4QXEvg1n1dzkic3QZSCHNgv2p06Y7FIXQ_fUw66uBWbJMCIEVwZFfXpHTuI2d3ZR3Ht3hL1fEsHd-3TRttLYufXzEgwmaJRRKjVZ6k3fdS_wwQTNsutqtQu_RzWAK23UoEfOISrO7qlauaz-9neH8He3ATFrozO79D0P_h4CPLqBsHCa22ws&amp;theater\"> Trust\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HARARE\u2014 China will donate 1 million U.S. dollars to help flood victims who were left stranded following heavy rains that fell in February, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Huang Ping said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In order to provide relief for flood stricken areas in Zimbabwe, this year the Chinese government will donate 1 million U.S. dollars in cash transfer to Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Chinese Red Cross Society will also donate 50,000 dollars. Besides, the Chinese embassy and Chinese community will join hands to donate 10,000 dollars,&#8221; he told guests during the launch of the Grand Tiger motor vehicle by Beiqi Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited, a joint venture between China&#8217;s BAIC Group and two Zimbabwean companies.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rains that were worsened by Cyclone Dineo left 271 people dead, another 128 injured and nearly 2,000 homeless.<\/p>\n<p>The deaths were caused by lightning strikes, drowning and landslides, according to the Civil Protection Unit, which added that nearly 2,600 homesteads were damaged in varying degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The worst affected district was Tsholotsho (Matabeleland North Province) where a total of 859 people were left homeless and are currently in a transit camp and an additional 100 households remain at risk.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority, over 100,000 people are without safe drinking water following the damage to water supply infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>President Robert Mugabe on March 2 declared a State of Flood Disaster, leading to the launch of a domestic and international appeal for nearly 189 million dollars to help victims and repair infrastructure such as homes, roads, bridges, dams, schools, water and sanitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARARE\u2014 China will donate 1 million U.S. dollars to help flood victims who were left stranded following heavy rains that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":95703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,17],"tags":[17139,17140],"class_list":["post-95701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-w","tag-huang-ping","tag-zimbabwe-flood","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}