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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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Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen visits D-Lab

Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen(4th from right) with other Returning Peace Corps Volunteers in attendance including D-Lab Founding Director Amy Smith (4th from left), D-Lab Global Training Manager Sher Vogel (2nd from left), and Ari Jacobovitz from MIT International Science & Technology Initiatives (far right). Photo: Megha Hegde/MIT D-Lab

News | Mar 30, 2019 | MIT D-Lab

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Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen visits D-Lab

A Design and Innovation Summit for Youth in Uganda with TEWDI and D-Lab: Development

Starting the day with a design challenge for the students. Soroti, Uganda, January 2019.

Blog | Mar 28, 2019 | Aryaa Sheth, Conor Kirby, Youmna Maria Chamieh, Olivia Mae Waring

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A Design and Innovation Summit for Youth in Uganda with TEWDI and D-Lab: Development

AScHES 2018 Naivasha, Kenya Convening Report

AScHES 2018 Convening Report | MIT D-Lab & The Charcoal Project

Publication | Mar 27, 2019 | Dan Sweeney, Sylvia Herzog, et al

AScHES 2018 Naivasha, Kenya Convening Report

Lagos-based 'Wecyclers' [2012 D-Lab Scale-Ups venture] wins African Development Prize

Photo Credit: King Baudouin Foundation African Development Prize

News | Mar 22, 2019 | Africa News

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Lagos-based 'Wecyclers' [2012 D-Lab Scale-Ups venture] wins African Development Prize

Student Spotlight: Engineering Low-cost Filters for Clean Water Access

D-Lab students and mechancial engineering graduate student Krithika Ramchander conducting user-feedback interview for Xylem waterfilter prototypes, Uttarakhand, India. January 2018. Photo: Megha Hegde.

News | Mar 11, 2019 | Andi Sutton

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Student Spotlight: Engineering Low-cost Filters for Clean Water Access

Tackling poverty, one person at a time

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News | Mar 08, 2019 | Gina Vitale | MIT News correspondent

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