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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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50+ D-Lab students to work in 9 countries during January

Team Colombia from the fall 2019 D-Lab: Development class.

News | Dec 15, 2019 | MIT D-Lab

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50+ D-Lab students to work in 9 countries during January

Improving farmers' income through low-cost greenhouse technology

Matthew Baldwin, MIT '21 in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal where, with a team, he built his own design of a modular bamboo greenhouse structure.

Blog | Dec 13, 2019 | Matthew Baldwin, MIT '21

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Improving farmers' income through low-cost greenhouse technology

Tackling Challenges to Scale 2019 MIT D-Lab Co-Design Summit - What we've learned so far

Summit participants, Peter Mumo, Noeline Kirabo and Gibson Muriuki share a laugh during morning circle

Blog | Dec 13, 2019 | Amanda Epting and Ankita Panda

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Tackling Challenges to Scale 2019 MIT D-Lab Co-Design Summit - What we've learned so far

Addressing the missing piece in universal healthcare: safe surgery

SurgiBox is ultra-portable: It fits into a backpack and weighs seven kilograms.

Blog | Dec 12, 2019 | Debbie Lin Teodorescu

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Addressing the missing piece in universal healthcare: safe surgery

Laâyoune Co-Design Summit: One year later

Aspiring entrepreneurs after the Laâyoune Co-Sesign Summit participating in a business incubation program

Blog | Dec 11, 2019 | Saida Benhayoune

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Laâyoune Co-Design Summit: One year later

Community engagement and evaporative cooling technologies in East Africa

Evaporative cooling team at farming cooperative center in Masii, Kenya. From left: Trang Luu, Eric Verploegen, Carene Umubyeyi, research partners from the University of Nairobi El-Yakhim Mwachoni and Benson Maina.

Blog | Dec 10, 2019 | Carene Umubyeyi, MIT '22

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Community engagement and evaporative cooling technologies in East Africa

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Through MIT D-Lab classes, students acquire competency in the participatory design process, understand and apply principles of engineering and design, engage in hands-on shop work, learn to think critically about theories of international development, and obtain meaningful experiences in the field!

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