ORIGIN:
The Dominican Institute for Integral Development, Inc. (Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral, IDDI) was created in 1984 by a group of eleven professionals who understood that it was not recomendable to focus exclusively on resolving one aspect of the existing problems in our country to the detriment of the whole, but rather to adopt programs with a broader scope to the benefit of the entire participating population. At the same time, this orientation was complemented with the recognition that every human being has the right to decide his/her own future and that therefore it was necessary to transfer to them the required financial, educational, material and organizational resources and skills so that the population can make the necessary decisions and take the corresponding actions regarding their own development and future. Keeping this in mind, the founders created IDDI and based the guiding principles of the organization on the concept of participatory integral development.