Right in the information Era, it is fundamental that the technological tools be democratized, one of the main requirements for the new labor market, so that the new communication and technology resources will not turn into a factor of plunging into social exclusion. The Committee for Informatics Democratization (CDI) has been fighting against this digital Apartheid since five years ago, when it started to promote the exchange of ideas among the needy dwellers and communities in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the campaign for acquisiton of computers to carry out this task. That is how the first Informatics School and Citizenship (EIC) was born in Santa Marta. Today, having already the NGO status, the CDI implants its model in several communities in Brazil and around the world, always applying the same methodology to stimulate the EICs to seek sustainability, in addition to supplying pedagogical support, material and maintenance. In order to achieve this mission, the Committe counts on a funding cooperation of different partners from the private and public sectors, an effort which has yielded stories of great success for a lot of people, whose lives were directly improved by informatics and its resources.
Citizenship; Infoexclusion; Digital apartheid; Digital literacy; Social inclusion; Informatics democratization
