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Mozambique

Empowering Mothers in Mozambique in the Fight Against Malnutrition

I am watching as mothers gather together, having been called to this location by a community health worker. These mothers are not any different from other mothers in the community; they struggle each day to find enough water and food for their children, to[...]

April 10, 2015

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Press Release

New Jersey Youth Chorus Raise Money for U.S. Vision Program

On Sunday, January 25, 2015, the New Jersey-based Hopewell Valley Youth Chorale performed their winter concert to raise awareness and money for our U.S. Vision program in the greater Newark[...]

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Media Mention

Nicholas Kristof Highlights Helen Keller International

Nicholas Kristof Highlights Helen Keller InternationalThis op-ed originally appeared in the Sunday Review Section of the April 5, 2015 edition of The New York Times. The Trader Who Donates Half His Pay Matt Wage was a brilliant, earnest student at[...]

April 5, 2015

Man and woman seated on director chairs on stage, engaging in a conversation with a projected image of vitamin A supplementation behind them, in a formal event or conference setting

United States

Preventing Blindness, Saving Lives

Preventing Blindness, Saving LivesAs part of our 100th Anniversary Celebration, Helen Keller International hosted an informative and insightful presentation on the history and impact of Vitamin A Supplementation as an important blindness and malnutrition[...]

March 16, 2015

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Press Release

Helen Keller International Wins BBVA Award

Helen Keller International Wins BBVA AwardHelen Keller International has been selected to receive the 2015 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Development Cooperation for its work in improving nutrition with agricultural programs that help[...]

February 25, 2015

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Bangladesh

From Darkness and Despair to a Life of Hope

From Darkness and Despair to a Life of HopeDhanalata Chakma is a mother of three girls in central the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh. This region is home to ethnic and religious minorities that are among the most disenfranchised in the country. Most do[...]

February 16, 2015

Professional man delivering speech at conference podium with microphone and water glasses.

The Early Days of Combating Vitamin A Deficiency

I was shown my first case of vitamin A deficiency, which in those days was only thought of as an eye disease, while I was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in[...]

January 15, 2015

Woman picking fresh green beans from tall plants in a home garden near wooden shed.

Cambodia

Healthy Food and Opportunity in Cambodia

For more than 17 years, Helen Keller International has taught women in Cambodia to grow nutritious fruits and vegetables—many of them rich in sight- and life-saving vitamin A—for their[...]

November 4, 2014

Two young children eating sweet potatoes.

Burkina FasoCôte d’IvoireMozambiqueTanzania

Our Sweet Potato Solution

Vitamin A is essential for children under five to support growth during critical development phases, as well as support young immune systems to fight common illnesses like diarrhea and[...]