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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 12 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."

– Amy Smith, MIT D-Lab Founding Director

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IDIN Seeks Partner to Support Local Innovation in Tanzania

Blog | May 05, 2014 | Lauren McKown

IDIN Seeks Partner to Support Local Innovation in Tanzania

Doing more: AeroAstro’s flexible degree program helped Kwami Williams pursue his passion to change the world.

Kwami Williams (center, in an MIT shirt) at a Moringa training workshop in Techiman, Ghana in February 2013. He is explaining the technologies to process Moringa seeds in our effort to help farmers generate income from this underutilized component of the Moringa tree. Phot: Courtesy MIT D-Lab

News | Apr 28, 2014 | Elizabeth Dougherty, School of Engineering

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Doing more: AeroAstro’s flexible degree program helped Kwami Williams pursue his passion to change the world.

D-Lab Spring Showcase & Open House

Blog | Apr 24, 2014 | D-Lab Staff

D-Lab Spring Showcase & Open House

Rwandan President Paul Kagame visits MIT

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News | Apr 23, 2014 | News Office

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame visits MIT

The D-Lab/HFI Biomass Fuel Research Team: Back in the Lab

MIT Independent Activities Period trip to Uganda

Blog | Apr 10, 2014 | Dan Sweeney, D-Lab Scale-Ups Research Scientist, and students

The D-Lab/HFI Biomass Fuel Research Team: Back in the Lab

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Blog | Apr 09, 2014 | Victor Grau Serrat

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