{"id":552,"date":"2026-10-08T15:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=552"},"modified":"2026-10-08T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:50:32","slug":"china-gives-kenya-sh259-million-to-tackle-drought-and-ebola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=552","title":{"rendered":"China Gives Kenya Sh259 Million to Tackle Drought and Ebola"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenya has received a Sh259 million grant from China to strengthen the country\u2019s response to two pressing challenges drought and the threat of Ebola amid efforts to protect vulnerable communities and boost disease preparedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per request of the Kenyan Government, the Chinese Government provided USD 1 million cash grant to support the Kenya Government in strengthening Ebola virus disease preparedness infrastructure in the identified very high-risk and high-risk counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another USD 1 million cash grant will be used to support the Kenyan Government in responding to the impact of drought disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233793-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233793-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233793-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233793-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233793-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233793-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ambassador of China to Kenya Ms. Guo Haiyan and Dr. Chris Kiptoo, Principal Secretary of the National Treasury with the signed handover certificates. Photo courtesy: Chinese Embassy in Kenya (X)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ambassador Ms. Guo Haiyan stated that China&#8217;s aid embodies the friendly sentiments held by the Chinese government and people toward the government and people of the Republic of Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assistance comes as Kenya continues to address humanitarian and public health challenges that require additional resources. The partnership with China is expected to complement government efforts to protect lives, support affected communities and strengthen preparedness for future emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233748-1012x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233748-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233748-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233748-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233748-1518x1536.jpg 1518w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1002233748.jpg 2024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ambassador of China to Kenya Ms. Guo Haiyan and Dr. Chris Kiptoo, Principal Secretary of the National Treasury during the handing over ceremony of USD 2 Million grant. Photo Courtesy: Chinese Embassy in Kenya (X)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya has received a Sh259 million grant from China to strengthen the country\u2019s response to two pressing challenges drought and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-public-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}