Founded in 1995, pioneer of the digital inclusion movement in Latin America, CDI is one of the leading social enterprises in the world with a unique socio-educational approach. Our mission is to transform lives and strengthen low-income communities by empowering people with information and...
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Founded in 1995, pioneer of the digital inclusion movement in Latin America, CDI is one of the leading social enterprises in the world with a unique socio-educational approach. Our mission is to transform lives and strengthen low-income communities by empowering people with information and communication technology. We use technology as a medium to fight poverty, stimulate entrepreneurship and create a new generation of changemakers.
Today, we are a network of 753 self-managed and self-sustaining CDI Community Centers throughout Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay – monitored and coordinated by our 33 regional offices. In addition to low-income communities, our schools are also present in indigenous communities,
psychiatric clinics, hospitals for mentally and physically disabled, as well as youth & adult detention facilities. CDI is an international NGO with 501c3 status, Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro CDI has operations in the USA, UK, and will
begin operations in the Middle East shortly.
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Technology is one of the most powerful catalysts of change at hand today. But technology, in itself, is just a tool. The true challenge is making technology relevant and useful in the context of marginalized populations. For 14
years CDI has empowered disadvantaged groups to use...
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Technology is one of the most powerful catalysts of change at hand today. But technology, in itself, is just a tool. The true challenge is making technology relevant and useful in the context of marginalized populations. For 14
years CDI has empowered disadvantaged groups to use Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) as tools to exercise their full capacities as citizens and tackle the issues that affect their communities. CDI Community Centers are technology and learning centers in impoverished communities. Each CDI Community Center is a
partnership with an existing leading grassroots organization. The community based organizations provide the infrastructure and CDI provides free computers and software, implements educational methods, trains instructors and monitors the schools.
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CDI’s leadership consists of top-tier professionals from the public, private and non-profit sectors including former
senior employees of McKinsey, Procter and Gamble, Microsoft, IBM, Accenture and IMAX; alumni from top universities such as Harvard, Berkeley and the London School of...
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CDI’s leadership consists of top-tier professionals from the public, private and non-profit sectors including former
senior employees of McKinsey, Procter and Gamble, Microsoft, IBM, Accenture and IMAX; alumni from top universities such as Harvard, Berkeley and the London School of Economics; and some of the best social entrepreneurs in the world today. We have experience in working with many of the largest companies and foundations from all around the world and in many of the most difficult and sensitive cultural contexts imaginable. We are always looking for talented youth to support our mission.
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