Rodrigo Baggio, an uncommon hero brings technology and computers to the favelas
Uncommon Heroes
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About this episode
TV-UNMeet Rodrigo Baggio. Rodrigo Baggio founded a successful technology consulting company while still in school in Rio de Janeiro. Eager to erase the digital divide and help disadvantaged people use technology to improve their communities and their lives, he created the first citizens rights and technology school in a slum in Rio de Janeiro in 1995. The Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI) network now includes 753 Technology and Civic Engagement schools in 10 countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. CDI has helped transform more than 1 million lives. Learn about his story in this episode of Uncommon Heroes, funded by the Skoll Foundation. More information at www.skollfoundation.org.
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Release Date
Oct 12, 2009
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Runtime
08:44
