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Sarah Bouchie, Helen Keller's incoming CEO, a light skinned woman in a while blaze and orange shirt, stands with her arms crossed in front of a tree.

Helen Keller Intl Announces Sarah Bouchie as its Next President and Chief Executive Officer

Bouchie will build on Helen Keller’s long history of creating better health and vision for and with people striving to

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A Nepalese woman stands in a field holding a large cabbage in each hand.

Cultivating Economic Security through Farming in Nepal

In Nepal’s remote, mountainous Taplejung district, Pemba Doma Sherpa harvests vegetables from her fields on a steep hillside. She sells

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A boy with dark skin and glasses sits at a desk in a classroom surrounded by peers. He is turned toward the camera.

Clear Vision Brings True Potential into Focus

Living with childhood cataracts meant that 10-year-old Ulrich Amassoga had never experienced clear vision before. He had difficulty in school

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A girl with dark skin wearing a blue dress and glasses stands on a small hill overlooking an earthen building.

Building Brighter Futures by Saving Sight

By the time she was six years old, Treasure Winner Mafau Azemafack’s family had already fled violence three times. Originally

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On the left, there is a graphic of a girl wearing a yellow dress and standing on a white pillar. To her right large white and orange text reads "She can thrive."

Helping People See True Potential

Impaired vision can cause long-lasting challenges for children and adults throughout their lives. In childhood, poor vision will make it

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A woman with dark skin kneels on the ground behind rows of small plants. She is wearing a bright orange shirt and a floral print skirt, with a baby on her back in a striped wrap.

Sweet Potatoes: Nutrition, Economic Security, and Inspiration

In her village in west central Burkina Faso, 34-year-old Kacoara Dahourou, a mother of four, knows firsthand the hardships of

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Five young black men hold up bags of bread and rolls. they are standing outside with some buildings and trees in the background.

How Baking Bread is Changing Lives: The Success of Sweet Potatoes

Five years ago, a difficult economic situation forced Thaimu Banugura to leave his hometown, Jaiama Nimikoro Kono, in the Eastern

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Woman farmer from Sierra Leone harvests her crop.

Empowering Mothers: Transforming Nutrition in Rural Communities in Sierra Leone

In rural communities across Sierra Leone, limited access to nutritious and diverse food has been a constant concern. 33-year-old Mariama

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Mother gives child a vitamin A supplement.

Women at the heart of our work 

Women are the cornerstones of many families. They oversee home life — raising the children, preparing meals, even fetching water

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Anita Agartha Kargbo, a program officer for nutrition in Sierra Leone

Looking Bravely: Supporting Nutrition for Expectant and Newborn Mothers

We recently spoke with Anita Agartha Kargbo, a program officer for nutrition in Sierra Leone. Anita has been part of

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