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382 million people worldwide have diabetes and 80% of them are living in the developing world, with blindness being just one of its potential[...]
READ MOREJune 26, 2015
“Mama, please cook the vegetables with eggs again for me!"“Mama, please cook the vegetables with eggs again for me! I want more of that yummy food!” Tudes, a four-year old boy, said this to his mother after a Helen Keller International cooking[...]
READ MOREJune 25, 2015
She Smiles When She is Allowed to Pick Tomatoes“My youngest child, Yorti aged two years old, is an active and adorable kid who really likes to touch anything that can be reached and put it in her mouth. Ever since our yard has been planted with vegetables,[...]
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Building Health and WealthMrs. Sobita Rokaya, one of our beneficiaries from Chainpur Municipality had a baby girl aged 3 months when she was taking Homestead Food Production training. At an instance during training when she heard that children should be[...]
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Developing Partnerships in GeitaOrange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes, rich in Vitamin A, are a critical resource in our ongoing work to reduce malnutrition. 44% of preschoolers in the Sub-Saharan Africa are vitamin A deficient, putting them at much higher risk for[...]
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Helen Keller International-Europe Celebrates 100 YearsHelen Keller International’s year-long Centennial Celebration continued with the “Rio Paris” Gala in Paris, France. The event was held by Helen Keller Europe on June 8, 2015 at the[...]
READ MOREJune 24, 2015
It was moving to see how our ongoing efforts around awareness and prevention were having an impact in this[...]
READ MOREJune 21, 2015
From Malnourished Child to Health and Nutrition Advocate: Pham Kim Ngoc's StoryOn May 18, 2015, Pham Kim Ngoc, Country Director for Helen Keller Intl Vietnam, spoke to more than 400 supporters and friends at Helen Keller Intl’s Spirit of Helen Keller[...]
READ MOREJune 19, 2015
Mr. Phong Finds a New Vision at Age 69Ly Dinh Phong is an energetic 69 year old man living in a rural area outside Hanoi, Vietnam. In 1969, after studying electrical engineering in China and Russia, he returned to Vietnam to join the army. Mr. Phong’s[...]
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Suaahara Ripple EffectOn a recent visit to Khiratadi, a rural village in the Bajhang District in the mountainous north-western region Nepal, I came across a very pleasant surprise. I was there to monitor progress of local participants in the Suaahara program,[...]
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