Category: Eliminating Malnutrition
Gardening: A Sustainable Solution for Malnutrition?
Over three million children die every year due to causes related to malnutrition—most of them in low-income countries. The situation
Read more about Gardening: A Sustainable Solution for Malnutrition?Helen Keller International Raises More than $1 Million to Combat Blindness and Malnutrition around the World
Helen Keller International, a leading global nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting the causes and consequences of preventable blindness and malnutrition,
Read more about Helen Keller International Raises More than $1 Million to Combat Blindness and Malnutrition around the WorldPoultry Handover at Community Level
On June 15, 2014, I headed to Banjh VDC-3 to visit some of the households of our beneficiaries to observe the poultry rearing condition.
Read more about Poultry Handover at Community LevelFrom Malnourished Child to Health and Nutrition Advocate: Pham Kim Ngoc’s Story
On May 18, 2015, Pham Kim Ngoc, Country Director for Helen Keller Intl Vietnam, spoke to more than 400 supporters
Read more about From Malnourished Child to Health and Nutrition Advocate: Pham Kim Ngoc’s StoryNurturing Connections in Bangladesh
Nurturing Connections offers a participatory approach to challenging gender norms and building equality and constructive communications skills with every member of a community to create the best environment for improving nutrition.
Read more about Nurturing Connections in BangladeshEmpowering 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 keep them healthy and in school.
Read more about Empowering Mothers in Mozambique in the Fight Against MalnutritionHelen Keller International Wins BBVA Award
Helen Keller International has been selected to receive the 2015 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Development Cooperation for
Read more about Helen Keller International Wins BBVA AwardThe 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 Atlanta.
Read more about The Early Days of Combating Vitamin A DeficiencyHealthy 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 families.
Read more about Healthy Food and Opportunity in CambodiaOur 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 measles.
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