“I have only two daughters. I was heartbroken when I learned that both were malnourished,” says Sita, a 30-year-old woman from Bardiya District in Nepal’s Lumbini Province. Sita takes care of her two children while her husband, a mason, travels from[...]
Inemesit and her husband, Inyang, work tirelessly as cassava farmers to keep their family of six healthy and happy, sending their children to the nearby public school in their community of Ibedu, near Nigeria’s southeastern coast. But they struggle to make[...]
Neglected tropical diseases affect more than a billion people worldwide, and can cause blindness, organ damage, and stunted development, among other long-term consequences. At Helen Keller Intl, eliminating these diseases is core to our mission. And this[...]
Mune and Manju’s seven-month-old daughter, Binita, looked frail and thin. Many children in Nepal’s southern Banke district are small for their age, so this is a painful reality for too many families. When Manju and Mune had her examined at a community[...]
Good nutrition is essential for a healthy pregnancy. Yet in many countries where we work, women begin pregnancy with micronutrient deficiencies, which can increase the risk of complications. A daily prenatal multivitamin—also known as multiple micronutrient[...]
On a chilly Monday afternoon at Ansarul Islamic Primary School in Kenema, Sierra Leone, eight-year-old Isata and her classmates lined up to receive a dose of praziquantel.[...]
An article in The Christian Science Monitor spotlights Helen Keller Intl’s work to combat child malnutrition in Nigeria. Journalist Ogar Monday reports on Helen Keller’s Life Saving Nutrition program, which provides treatment to children suffering from[...]
Helen Keller Intl’s vitamin A supplementation work was recently featured on GiveWell Conversations, a twice-monthly podcast hosted by GiveWell CEO Elie Hassenfeld.
In the episode, Scrutinizing One of Our Longest-Funded Programs, Elie and Senior Researcher[...]
Last year, we lost one-third of our operating budget due to abrupt U.S. government funding cuts, forcing us to pause critical health services. As journalist Connie Matthiessen reports, amid shrinking funding for global health, philanthropic partners and[...]
Growing up in Kilifi County on Kenya’s coast, Devota Leandry witnessed the persistent grip of food insecurity on families around her. “Kilifi has long struggled with food insecurity,” she says. “Even as a child, I saw families around me facing hunger[...]
“I have only two daughters. I was heartbroken when I learned that both were malnourished,” says Sita, a 30-year-old woman from Bardiya District in Nepal’s Lumbini Province. Sita takes care of her two children while her husband, a mason, travels from[...] 
Inemesit and her husband, Inyang, work tirelessly as cassava farmers to keep their family of six healthy and happy, sending their children to the nearby public school in their community of Ibedu, near Nigeria’s southeastern coast. But they struggle to make[...] 
Neglected tropical diseases affect more than a billion people worldwide, and can cause blindness, organ damage, and stunted development, among other long-term consequences. At Helen Keller Intl, eliminating these diseases is core to our mission. And this[...] 
Mune and Manju’s seven-month-old daughter, Binita, looked frail and thin. Many children in Nepal’s southern Banke district are small for their age, so this is a painful reality for too many families. When Manju and Mune had her examined at a community[...] 
Good nutrition is essential for a healthy pregnancy. Yet in many countries where we work, women begin pregnancy with micronutrient deficiencies, which can increase the risk of complications. A daily prenatal multivitamin—also known as multiple micronutrient[...] 
On a chilly Monday afternoon at Ansarul Islamic Primary School in Kenema, Sierra Leone, eight-year-old Isata and her classmates lined up to receive a dose of praziquantel.[...] 
An article in The Christian Science Monitor spotlights Helen Keller Intl’s work to combat child malnutrition in Nigeria. Journalist Ogar Monday reports on Helen Keller’s Life Saving Nutrition program, which provides treatment to children suffering from[...] 
Helen Keller Intl’s vitamin A supplementation work was recently featured on GiveWell Conversations, a twice-monthly podcast hosted by GiveWell CEO Elie Hassenfeld.
In the episode, Scrutinizing One of Our Longest-Funded Programs, Elie and Senior Researcher[...] 
Last year, we lost one-third of our operating budget due to abrupt U.S. government funding cuts, forcing us to pause critical health services. As journalist Connie Matthiessen reports, amid shrinking funding for global health, philanthropic partners and[...] 
Growing up in Kilifi County on Kenya’s coast, Devota Leandry witnessed the persistent grip of food insecurity on families around her. “Kilifi has long struggled with food insecurity,” she says. “Even as a child, I saw families around me facing hunger[...]