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Uplift490

Palo Alto, CA
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uplift490.org

    • About Us

    Our Mission:

    • Uplift490 collaborates globally to discover, document, design, develop, and distribute life-enhancing products for billions. More specifically: 
    1. We catalog affordable products and distribute that information worldwide
    2. Professionals can give back by offering pro bono design and mentoring
    3. We teach good design principles and practices that anyone can employ
    4. People can get in-person, hands-on experience via our global partners
    5. We help find funding to move worthy products through development

    Our Vision:

    • Billions of resource-limited people living better lives because of the work we do.

    Our Mission:

    • Uplift490 collaborates globally to discover, document, design, develop, and distribute life-enhancing products for billions. More specifically: 
    1. We catalog affordable products and distribute that information worldwide
    2. Professionals can give back by offering pro bono design and mentoring
    3. We teach good design principles and practices that anyone can employ
    4. People can get in-person, hands-on experience via our global partners
    5. We help find funding to move worthy products through development

    Our Vision:

    • Billions of resource-limited people living better lives because of the work we do.

    Issue Areas Include

    • Disability
    • Economic Development
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Poverty
    • Science & Technology

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