2023 Year in Review: Forces for Good [Photo Essay]

A Burkinabe woman kneels while tending to six goats.Every day, members of the Helen Keller Intl community are choosing to be forces for good. Community health heroes, entrepreneurs, parents, youth, and Helen Keller staff work tirelessly to help improve health, nutrition, and vision for people in their[...]

Kindergartener’s worldview changes thanks to new eyeglasses 

GlassesWhen Prince, a new kindergarten student, entered P.S. 152 in Brooklyn, New York, he spoke Creole exclusively.   He wasn’t able to identify numbers, letters, or count past four. Our teachers were trying absolutely everything they could. Whitney[...]

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,[...]