Center for Innovative and Pragmatic Development Initiative CIPDI is a Non-Profit, Civil Society Organization of transformative leaders, serving in our various communities and spaces to create value and make a difference one person and one community at a time.
We are on a mission to eradicate hunger, poverty and all forms of gender based violence, inequities, and inequalities in our communities through our creative and innovative programs.
Is to create programs and opportunities that give individuals the inspiration, to become solutions to problems and to change their world
We exist to inspire, illuminate and impact a community and a generation; giving individuals the tools and platform to stand on, to discover themselves, become change agents, and make a difference; and engage in the social and economic engineering of their communities.
Is to give people tools to become confident in themselves to Innovate, Create and Lead.
We see and relate to people as Humans not as projects or a charity case. We seek to understand them, what caused or led to where they are. Recognize their weakness, identify their strengths, opportunities, and threats. We work with the individual to develop a workable and relatable plan suitable for him or her. We acknowledge the person’s inherent unique potentials, letting them know, it is about them and not the program, nor our organization. We help the individual to see and discover the greatness and potential inside them. Our See One approach helps them see themselves as uniquely endowed with skills and talents. It also helps them see the enterprising side of them, which leads to improving their self-worth, and dignity, and Partners in development and growth.
It is not enough just to see one; everyone needs a support network to encourage, and empower them through the road of success. We work with the individual to develop a customized strategy that serves as a springboard for them to rise and become the very best they can be (Bringing out the gold in them). We design programs that provide the needed support for them to stand and walk; setting guardrails that prevent sudden crash. Supporting them to develop new paradigm, that help them build and develop confidence in themselves to want to dream, lead and create. Celebrating every milestone, accomplishments, as the individual navigates through the rough and joyful terrain of recovery, and restoration.
We teach, train, and help them to acquire new skills, sharpening their talents, gain visibility, gain technical knowledge to enable them, build, grow into their future and aspirations. For one to develop a new paradigm, he or she must acquire some new skills. We provide a learning, coaching and mentoring platform for the individual to acquire necessary skills, and training for a sustainable growth. Some of these trainings are in Business management, financial literacy, basic computer, and technology skills. We expose them entrepreneurial skills, and where needed basic reading and arithmetic as well as critical thinking and analytical skills. These tools help them grow and build with full confidence in themselves to provide solutions to their own basic problems, turning them into winners and problem solvers.
