From Sponsor Child to Country Office Veteran: My 27 Years with Helen Keller Intl
The world of NGOs has always been a big part of my life. I grew up in Bangladesh as a “sponsor child” of Save the Children USA, and went on to volunteer with them as a youth, where I did everything from help build ponds in the Brahminbaria district so that the villagers could get […]
Bringing Education — and Dreams — Into Focus
“I need glasses,” says Qian, an outgoing sixth-grader who emigrated from China at age seven to join her family in New York. Her parents work long hours to make ends meet – her father is a cook and her mother a cashier. “My parents don’t spend much time with me because they are always at […]
Working in the Spirit of Helen Keller in Nepal
When one enters the house in the quiet Kathmandu neighborhood where Helen Keller International-Nepal is located, the buzz and activity of the busy office is suddenly countered by the reassuring calm of Sharada Adhikari, who sits at the front desk. Her soft voice and smile make even the most harried or jet lagged traveler feel […]
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 area.
Nicholas Kristof Highlights Helen Keller International
This 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 Princeton University, a star of the classroom and a deep thinker about his own ethical obligations to the world. His […]
Preventing Blindness, Saving Lives
As 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 intervention, as well as some insight on the causes, treatment and prevention of other blinding conditions that continue to plague the developing world. The […]
Bringing Clear Vision to a Student in Need
Meet Alvin, a bright student known for his great smile. He lives with his family in Montebello, California, near East Los Angeles.
