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Working with people around the world to develop and advance collaborative approaches and practical solutions to global poverty challenges.

Creating, sharing, and using collaborative research practices, actionable findings, and practical solutions.

Hands-on, project-based learning. More than 15 MIT D-Lab classes offered each year!

Working with diverse partners to advance and apply inclusive innovation as a methodology for tackling poverty.

"Impact is not just the product of innovation – it's the process of innovation."

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A Creative Capacity Building model for sexual and reproductive health workshops in Kenya

Women designing and creating menstrual pad prototypes in a workshop designe by MIT D-Lab in partnership with the Society Empowerment Project, a community-based organization in Oyugis, Kenya.

Blog | Aug 08, 2022 | Sarah Ladhani

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A Creative Capacity Building model for sexual and reproductive health workshops in Kenya

Rehabilitating Goldenberry Production in the Ecuadorian Andes with Regenerative Agriculture

Publication | Aug 08, 2022 | Elizabeth Hoffecker and Eunhae Lee

Rehabilitating Goldenberry Production in the Ecuadorian Andes with Regenerative Agriculture

Evaporative Cooling for Fruit and Vegetable Preservation in Turkana

This is our second experimental setup to test different structures and configurations for the cooler. All of the designs use locally available materials so that people could make the cooler themselves. Photo: MIT D-Lab/Christin Tang

Blog | Jul 15, 2022 | Ava Dijstelbloem and Christine Tang

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Evaporative Cooling for Fruit and Vegetable Preservation in Turkana

Creative Capacity Building and social cohesion in the midst of South Sudan’s civil war

Participants in an MIT D-Lab Creative Capacity Building for Business training demonstrating the knife grinder they built in the innovation center in Duk, South Sudan. Photo: MIT D-Lab/Heewon Lee

Blog | Jul 15, 2022 | Martha Thompson

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Creative Capacity Building and social cohesion in the midst of South Sudan’s civil war

My journey through MIT D-Lab to Moving Health

Me boarding the plane to Kumasi, Ghana. Photo: Courtesy Aditya Mehrota

Blog | Jul 11, 2022 | Aditya Mehrotra

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My journey through MIT D-Lab to Moving Health

Weld your own bike at MIT D-Lab!

Final product! Amber Velez's bike, built in the 2022 MIT D-Lab Build Your Own Bike class.

Blog | Jul 06, 2022 | Amber Velez

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Weld your own bike at MIT D-Lab!

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