Meet Ajanie: Our one millionth New York City vision student

Halloween this year was a day for extra celebration at the Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration in Brooklyn, New York. A short assembly in the morning announced a milestone moment for Helen Keller Intl – the one millionth New York City[...]

Bright Sight for a Bright Future

Diboke, age 13, and her younger sister Ebokolo, age 11, live in a happy yet modest home with their parents and family at Obobogo, a poor semi-urban area in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon. The sisters attend the nearby St. Benedict Secondary School,[...]

A Legacy of Protecting Sight

Worldwide, 1.1 billion people — 1 in every 7 — are living with some form of vision loss because they lack access to care. Some 43 million of them are blind. Yet 90% of all vision loss is preventable or treatable.   When Helen Keller co-founded[...]

Clearing a Path to Clear Vision for Struggling Students

Nine-year-old Guillermo Gonzalez attends school in Montebello, California, just east of Los Angeles. This past fall, when the other students in his fourth-grade class were taking turns reading aloud from favorite books, the usually bubbly Guillermo could only[...]

3 Reasons to be Optimistic in 2022

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. Helen Keller The start of a year offers an opportunity for renewed hope and a fresh perspective. While the challenges of COVID-19, a mounting hunger crisis, and economic strains are all daunting,[...]

Big Smiles at Little Earth

By the time Riko walked into a Helen Keller vision clinic in Minneapolis earlier this year, her usual pair of glasses were of little use to her. The lenses were badly scratched, and her prescription needed to be updated.  “It’s hard to prioritize my[...]