SAIP




South African Internship Program (SAIP) and Southern African Internship Program (SARIP) History Since 1995, the Center for International Education and Development Assistance (CIEDA) at Indiana University has managed USIA-sponsored programs to place mid-career Southern and South African professionals in internships in the US. Under the South African Internship Program (SAIP), CIEDA has placed over 200 professionals from South Africa in cities across the United States. Under the Southern Africa Regional Program (SARIP), CIEDA placed 24 interns from Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. The programs, which were designed as eight-week professional internships, have three general objectives: Support of Regional Democratic and Economic Reform in the Public and Private Sectors Enhancement of Participants' Management and Administrative Skills Establishment of Professional Partnerships between U.S. and Sub-Saharan African Organizations The fields of training included a wide variety of possibilities within the categories of: Local Government and Public Administration Judicial Reform Business Management and Economic Development Secondary and Higher Education Administration Arts Management Social Service and Youth Program Administration Public Health Administration/AIDS Education Drug Education Radio and Print Journalism Participants for this program typically ranged in age from 25 to 45 years old with a minimum of three years professional experience. The results these programs have produced have been astounding. Program participants have been extremely successful in not only effecting change in their home country, but also in maintaining long-term relationships (personal and professional) with their U.S. hosts.


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