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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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Ashesi Universtiy, Ghana and MIT D-Lab to support student and alumni entrepreneurs

Launch of the Ashesi University-MIT D-Lab Idea to Impact program. Acraa, Ghana, November 2018.

News | Dec 01, 2018 | Ashesi University & MIT D-Lab

Ashesi University
Ashesi Universtiy, Ghana and MIT D-Lab to support student and alumni entrepreneurs

The Phosboucraa Foundation attracts MIT experts to Lâayoune

Laayoune, Morocco.

News | Nov 27, 2018 | Infomediaire

Infomediaire - Morocco
The Phosboucraa Foundation attracts MIT experts to Lâayoune

Practical Impact Alliance kicks off Co-Design Summit -Laâyoune, Morocco

Participants in a pre-summit Creative Capacity Building training.

News | Nov 26, 2018 | MIT D-Lab - Phosboucraa

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Practical Impact Alliance kicks off Co-Design Summit -Laâyoune, Morocco

Sarah Tress wins 2019 Rhodes Scholarship

MIT senior Sarah Tress.  Photo: Ian MacLellan

News | Nov 19, 2018 | Julia Mongo, Office of Distinguished Fellowships

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Sarah Tress wins 2019 Rhodes Scholarship

MIT workshop teaches refugee children joys of digital design

An unaccompanied minor uses a 3D printer during the Digital Design Fabrication Workshop.  © UNHCR/Achilleas Zavallis

News | Nov 16, 2018 | Leo Dobbs

UNHCR
MIT workshop teaches refugee children joys of digital design

Building A Better World through Social Entrepreneurship

Stock photo. Image courtesy Pixabay.

News | Nov 16, 2018 | Sayuri Sharper, Principal, KSF Impact

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Building A Better World through Social Entrepreneurship

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