Recode (non-profit organization)

Recode

Founded	1995 (1995)
Founder	Rodrigo Baggio
Type	Non-profit Organization
Focus	Overcome the digital divide
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Website	recode.org.br
Formerly called	Comitê para Democratização da Informática

Recode, formerly the Center for Digital inclusion (CDI),^[1] is a nonprofit organization that uses technology to fight poverty and stimulate entrepreneurship. CDI and partners create community centers in low-income, rural, indigenous communities, hospitals, prisons, and psychiatric clinics. These centers work to strengthen low-income communities by providing access to information and communication technologies.

The National Digital Inclusion Alliance, a US-based nonprofit organization has defined digital inclusion as follows: Digital Inclusion refers to the activities necessary to ensure that all individuals and communities, including the most disadvantaged, have access to and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This includes 5 elements: 1) affordable, robust broadband internet service; 2) internet-enabled devices that meet the needs of the user; 3) access to digital literacy training; 4) quality technical support; and 5) applications and online content designed to enable and encourage self-sufficiency, participation and collaboration.^[2]

Changed in 2015 to Recode and recode.org.br.