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10 New Steps Toward Eliminating Trachoma

It was moving to see how our ongoing efforts around awareness and prevention were having an impact in this[...]

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June 21, 2015

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From Malnourished Child to Health and Nutrition Advocate: Pham Kim Ngoc’s Story

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[...]

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June 19, 2015

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Summiting Kilimanjaro to See the End of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Summiting Kilimanjaro to See the End of Neglected Tropical DiseasesA version of this blog originally appeared in the Huffington Post on June 11, 2015. I have never been one to shy away from a challenge. Whether taking the train into New York City by myself as[...]

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June 12, 2015

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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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April 10, 2015

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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[...]

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April 5, 2015

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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[...]

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February 25, 2015