The Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that promotes educational and vocational training programs through Schools of Information Technology and Civil Rights (EICs). Its mission is to teach computer skills to children and young...
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The Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that promotes educational and vocational training programs through Schools of Information Technology and Civil Rights (EICs). Its mission is to teach computer skills to children and young adults aggregating notions of civil rights for the exercize of Civil Rights. CDI´s final goal is to reduce the digital divide affecting individuals of low-income communities in Brazil and throughout the world. In addition to bringing information technology to the less priviledged, CDI promotes notions of human rights: literacy, ecology, health, and non-violence
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Attracted by the success of CDI initiative, several NGOs and institutions showed interest in aggregating schools of information technology to strenghten their social projects. CDI gradually expanded and today the organization has 346 Schools of Information Technology and Civil Rights, enrolling...
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Attracted by the success of CDI initiative, several NGOs and institutions showed interest in aggregating schools of information technology to strenghten their social projects. CDI gradually expanded and today the organization has 346 Schools of Information Technology and Civil Rights, enrolling more than 166,000 students. CDI provides these schools with technical assistance, teacher training and curriculum development (methodology), as well as hardware and software obtained through donation campaigns.

One Example includes a recent project directed toward youth:
CDI/Community Work Group (GT-Web)
CDI is also developing a youth training course for website design. The group, self-named GT-Web, is learning HTML as well as professional software packages such as Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Home-Site. Trainees have been chosen by the instructors of the schools among community students showing a high level of creativity and ability to quickly pick up new technologies. GT-Web will design and manage professional websites for community groups already exercising a comercial activity.


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