ABSTRACT
In January 1994, Africare began a program called "Training for Governance in the New South Africa", financed by United States Agency for International Development (USAID). With a grant from USAID in 1994, Africare began a seven-year program to promote democracy and to improve governance. Contemporaneously with its efforts to promote brand new democratic institutions in South Africa, Africare undertook the goal of helping other African nations in their shift from one-party regimes to more representative political rule. Once Africare completes its installation and early operation, all responsibilities belong to local citizens. Organized into radio associations, local citizens must also maintain the equipment and find income-generating activities to pay the costs heretofore assumed by Africare. Africare began activities related to encouraging civil society in 1995 with a program in the Burundi capital, Bujumbura, on Lake Tanganyika, that it called "NGO Support and Strengthening Project".
