An unprecedented library project was set in motion in October 1999 when the Open Society Institute (OSI) teamed with EBSCO Publishing to provide a variety of the world's finest full text and bibliographic databases to libraries in 39 countries. Through this project, Electronic Information For Libraries Direct (EIFL Direct), and funding by the Soros Foundation, access to these resources was provided for all Public and Academic Libraries in participating countries. However, funding for continuation of this project was not made available for several Southern African countries in 2001; thus many libraries in these countries were unable to reap the benefits of the information provided through these databases. Fortunately for these libraries, OSISA (Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa)?s ICT Program has provided the necessary funding to once again allow the libraries to enjoy access to these large collections. The countries involved include 27 from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, 10 from Southern Africa as well as Guatemala and Haiti. Information provided to EIFL Direct members consists of scholarly journals covering humanities, social sciences, education, business, medicine and many other subject areas. Available databases include Academic Search(tm) Premier, Business Source® Premier, MasterFILE Premier(tm), Newspaper Source(tm) Health Source®: Consumer Edition, Health Source®:Nursing/Academic Edition, ERIC® and MEDLINE®. Due to positive situations like this, the number of developing nations now accessing these databases is even larger than the original group that participated in EIFL Direct. For further details and enquiries on how your NGO can access Electronic journals, do contact Colleen Mills at EBSCO.