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A story from NPR details the incredible progress Mali has made in fighting neglected tropical diseases - but warns this legacy is now at risk due to cuts to US government[...]
[READ MORE]December 10, 2025
Based in Antananarivo, Britney H. Rasolonirina Andrianjanaka leads our food fortification work in Madagascar. Together with government officials, business leaders, and nonprofit partners, she’s working to bring fortified staple foods – such as flour and[...]
[READ MORE]December 8, 2025
Over the last three decades, Nepal has steadily reduced child malnutrition, but U.S. funding cuts now threaten to reverse that progress – according to coverage from[...]
[READ MORE]December 5, 2025
Vox has once again championed Helen Keller Intl as one of the best, most cost-effective global health charities. In their annual Giving Tuesday Guide, the Vox team praised Helen Keller for our work supporting vitamin A supplementation across[...]
[READ MORE]December 4, 2025
Neglected tropical diseases affect more than 1 billion people worldwide. Despite causing a wide range of devastating conditions, including blindness, painful deformities, and undernutrition, they have historically been overlooked and received too little[...]
[READ MORE]November 24, 2025
Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist, announced that Helen Keller Intl will be honored as a recipient of this year’s Holiday Impact Prize.[...]
[READ MORE]November 22, 2025
A radio feature from the BBC World Service reports on how global health organizations are responding to the loss of US government funding, highlighting Helen Keller Intl as one nonprofit that rapidly mobilized emergency support to sustain essential,[...]
[READ MORE]November 20, 2025
Bendera Kahindi Nyule can often be found arranging fresh, green vegetables at her stall in the local market in Mijomboni village in Kenya’s costal Kilifi[...]
[READ MORE]November 19, 2025
On a hot afternoon in Binkoloh, in Sierra Leone’s northern Bombali district, Elizabeth Sesay prepares to take her youngest child Silas to the local health clinic for a well child visit.[...]
[READ MORE]November 10, 2025
Maria Miranda has been working with the grassroots organization East LA Rising for 17 years. So, she knows all too well the barriers that people in her community face when trying to access vision care.[...]
[READ MORE]October 27, 2025
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