Africa: The next wave of missionaries: religion and development aid

In December 2002, George Bush established through an executive order after having failed to do so legislatively the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This initiative allows the US government to more easily fund faith-based organizations for their work in developing countries, including relief and humanitarian efforts. Today 25% of USAID partners are faith based organizations and 385 million dollars has been set aside in the 2005 US budget for faith-based and community initiatives.