Two teams of three persons representative of USAID and WFP organizations, met in Washington between November 2 and November 6 for five days at the beginning of the mission to prepare equipment, configure software, and undergo training on the technical construction and operation of the particular microcomputer networking software. The teams then flew together to South Africa before splitting into two groups and heading for their respective countries. Over a three week period, between November 1 and November 28, the two teams were in the southern Africa region installing equipment and training operators at twenty sites that had been identified as having operational roles in drought relief activities.