Community Development International (CDI)

Community Development International, Inc (CDi), founded in 2010, is a 501 (c)(3) volunteer-run not for profit organization that was created by a group of creative, motivated and committed young professionals from around the world.

Vision:

A world in which conscious communities act as bottom-up agents for enduring social, environmental and economic change through intercultural partnerships, peer-to-peer exchange, and leadership.

Mission:

The mission of CDi is to create strong, healthy and collaborative urban and rural communities through holistically designed programs for a more prosperous, harmonious and equitable global future.

Focal Areas:

• Community Building
• Advocacy
• Health & Well-Being
• Sustainability

Current Programs:

• Miles of Trees
• Farmer to Farmer
• Organic Agriculture & Gardening
• Composting Latrines
• Clean Fuels & Cook Stoves
• Social Enterprise Incubation

Headquartered in NYC and with a secondary office in Virginia Beach, VA CDi current program locations include Virginia Beach and various rural communities in the South-East of Haiti.

CDi aims to serve as a catalyst to combine cause-specific forces into results-oriented coalitions that will stimulate sustainable / ecologically conscious social and economic activities in developing urban and rural locations.