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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.[...]
READ MOREJune 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[...]
READ MOREJune 22, 2026
A story from NPR highlights Helen Keller Intl’s innovative, community-based approach to treating childhood malnutrition in Senegal. Journalist Jonathan Lambert traveled to Keur Mbar in Western Senegal to report on the program, interviewing Helen Keller[...]
READ MOREJune 15, 2026
“I have only two daughters. I was heartbroken when I learned that both were malnourished,” says Sita, a 30-year-old woman from Bardiya District in Nepal’s Lumbini Province. Sita takes care of her two children while her husband, a mason, travels from[...]
READ MOREJune 10, 2026
Inemesit and her husband, Inyang, work tirelessly as cassava farmers to keep their family of six healthy and happy, sending their children to the nearby public school in their community of Ibedu, near Nigeria’s southeastern coast. But they struggle to make[...]
READ MOREJune 4, 2026
Neglected tropical diseases affect more than a billion people worldwide, and can cause blindness, organ damage, and stunted development, among other long-term consequences. At Helen Keller Intl, eliminating these diseases is core to our mission. And this[...]
READ MOREMay 28, 2026
Good nutrition is essential for a healthy pregnancy. Yet in many countries where we work, women begin pregnancy with micronutrient deficiencies, which can increase the risk of complications. A daily prenatal multivitamin—also known as multiple micronutrient[...]
READ MOREMay 8, 2026
On a chilly Monday afternoon at Ansarul Islamic Primary School in Kenema, Sierra Leone, eight-year-old Isata and her classmates lined up to receive a dose of praziquantel.[...]
READ MOREApril 23, 2026
An article in The Christian Science Monitor spotlights Helen Keller Intl’s work to combat child malnutrition in Nigeria. Journalist Ogar Monday reports on Helen Keller’s Life Saving Nutrition program, which provides treatment to children suffering from[...]
READ MOREApril 16, 2026
Helen Keller Intl’s vitamin A supplementation work was recently featured on GiveWell Conversations, a twice-monthly podcast hosted by GiveWell CEO Elie Hassenfeld. In the episode, Scrutinizing One of Our Longest-Funded Programs, Elie and Senior Researcher[...]
READ MOREApril 9, 2026