Supporting Community Development Initiatives

established in january 2010, the center for supporting community development initiatives (scdi) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization registered under the vietnam union of science and technology associations. philosophy and approach scdi deeply believes that each individual and community has great hidden potential, which can be used not only to tackle their own problems, but also to contribute to the development of the society. through the approach of empowerment together with policy advocacy, scdi aims to create motivation and an environment for these potentials to be realized in favor of positive goals. staff scdi’s strength not only comes from the experienced and dedicated staff, but also from our relationship with community. scdi directly supports the management and operation of vietnam civil society partnership platform on aids (vcspa), which gathers nearly 200 groups and organizations from hiv-affected communities and social organizations that work in the field, in or