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Helen Keller is working to eliminate trachoma and treat cataracts in Tanzania. We recently spoke with Athuman Tawakal about how Helen Keller effectively combines screenings for both diseases to reach more people in Tanzania and transform the lives of[...]

August 18, 2026

77% of Sierra Leoneans lack reliable access to affordable, nutritious food, according to the World Food Programme. Last year, more than 2,600 farmers like Aunty Sento in Sierra Leone have received climate-smart training and tools to cultivate crops like[...]

August 11, 2026

Helen Keller Intl has served New York City for more than three decades, providing free vision screenings to 80,000 New Yorkers every year. Local news program NY1 highlighted our work providing free vision care services to children and families in New York[...]

August 5, 2026

UNICEF estimates that improving breastfeeding rates worldwide could save the lives of more than 820,000 children under the age of five each year. Helen Keller Intl is helping mothers adopt this simple and cost-effective lifesaving approach across the[...]

At age 40, Suzette was unexpectedly pregnant. She already had two older children, who were then 14 and 10, but a previous miscarriage left her anxious about having another child. However, through her work, she learned how she could keep herself and her[...]

July 28, 2026

Noé is 86 years old, but that doesn’t stop him from working day and night to protect the health of children in his community. Under his leadership, the local health committee has worked with Helen Keller Intl and the government of Cameroon to help all[...]

July 22, 2026

Thirty-year-old Jummai starts her mornings preparing food for the small business that sustains her household of six. But life has not always been so predictable for her. Jummai became head of her household in Fufore, Nigeria, at a young age. Her father[...]

July 13, 2026

Lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic neglected tropical disease that can cause debilitating symptoms, used to be a fact of life in Sidimoukar, Burkina[...]

July 7, 2026

An article from The Guardian details Nepal's tremendous progress in reducing child malnutrition and warns that those gains are now at risk due to foreign aid cuts. For years, Nepal has been a global success story in the fight against child malnutrition.[...]

June 26, 2026

For over a century, Helen Keller Intl has been working on the frontlines of health. We partner with governments, communities, and individuals to provide transformational support to children and adults facing vision loss, malnutrition, and disabling diseases[...]

June 22, 2026