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Chile : Committee for the Democratization of Information Technology
The Committee for the Democratization of Information
Technology (CDI) was founded in Brazil in 1995
by Rodrigo Baggio. It is now present in 8 South American countries, with the
mission to promote the social inclusion
of low-income communities by using Information and Communication Technologies
as tools for building and exercising Citizen’s Rights. CDI is scheduled to launch the TechSoup program in November 2007.
Under the CDI model,
CDI Chile has established 40 Schools of Information and Citizenship throughout Chile, including on Easter
Island. These schools seek to inculcate principles of
self-management, and self-sustainability, using Information Technology as a
tool to promote responsible citizenship in areas of environment, health,
non-violence, and other important issues. With this great track record, CDI
Chile has joined the TechSoup Global Network, and will launch it’s software
donation program in November of 2007.
CDI has received numerous awards, including recognition from the Schwab Foundation as an Outstanding Social Entrepreneur, and rated as one of the world’s six highly rated projects in digital inclusion by the World Economic Forum