Day 0 – June 30

Participants travel kilometers and miles to reach IDDS 2017

On June 30th they met at the University of Cundinamarca – Cercun (Fusagasugá) those registered to IDDS 2017, They came from nearby towns such as Tibacuy, Silvania, Pasca, Ricaute, as well as from India, the United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, among others, with the expectation of learning tools that would allow them to contribute to the change and social transformation that the whole world so desires.
A diversity of customs, names, languages, and perspectives will coexist during 17 days in Fusagasugá, exactly in Cercun with trainers who will also be willing to be taught because everyone has something to learn and something to teach.

Amy Smith, creator of IDDS, highlights collaboration, diversity, doing many things with your hands, and working with and in communities as the philosophy of IDDS.
The IDDS is part of the International Development Innovation Network (IDIN), an initiative funded by the US Global Development Lab of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). IDIN It is a program led by the Institute Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and includes other academic, institutional partners and innovation centers in the United States, Brazil, Ghana, Zambia.

IDDS History and Philosophy

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