Bringing Digital Inclusion to Amazonian Residents

Summary

CDI-Pará is part of CDI - an NGO who conducts technology and civic engagement education and trainings. Pará is a large, impoverished state in the Amazon region with a complex environmental landscape. progress report read updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The majority of Pará's 7 million live in extreme poverty without adequate health and social services, and amidst violence and drug trafficking. There are also problems of physical and social isolation, as some communities live deep in the Amazon in areas accessible only by plane or boat. CDI-Pará operates 36 technology and civic education centers throughout the state, including locations in many rural and underserved areas, where students learn IT, job, and community problem-solving skills.

Activities

CDI-Pará has 36 centers each serving almost 250 students annually. Students use IT as a tool to qualify for higher-paying jobs, and for solving local community problems primarily facing youth, such as drugs, prostitution, and economic isolation.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

CDI-Pará has 36 centers in 13 municipalities - each serves 240 students per year. We teach IT and job skills, and open limitless educational and cultural doorways that will have vital and lasting impact on the students and their communities.

Project Message

I knew of CDI and their activities, but I didn't know that the students were also thinking about our community. I enjoyed their visit and saw how we can work together to solve community problems.
- Lucia Silva, Resident of the community near a CDI Communidade

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Christine Clauser,
Executive Director
CDI International - NY Office 499 Washington Blvd.
12th Flr. c/o ABN Amro Bank
Jersey City, New Jersey 07310
United States
917-667-8090
Email:

Project Sponsor

Center for Digital Inclusion

Organisation

Center for Digital Inclusion
Rua Alice 150 Laranjeiras
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22.241-020
Brazil
55 (21) 3235-9450
http://www.cdiglobal.org

Learn more about Center for Digital Inclusion and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Brazil and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Brazil, read the Human Development Report on Brazil or the Wikipedia entry for Brazil.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 19, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 07, 2009.

Latest Update from the Field

CDI Pará has new schools and a new blog

By Ludmila Berdu Elias - CDI Volunteer, April 09, 2010 09:08 AM

Beneficiaries receivg certificates (CDI/ AMI)

Since last January, CDI-Pará has a blog with important information about the projects and about subjetcs related to digital inclusion. It is worthy of a visit. http://cdipara.blogspot.com

In the last three months CDI-Pará has started its activities in more than 15 new projects in Amazon area, such as Jiquitaia, Esperança e Centro de Paz.

Classroom at new CDI Jiquitaia

Teachers of CDI Laranjal

Links:

http://cdipara.blogspot.com

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