Tackling Bangladesh’s food-system challenges

Woman and young girl wearing colorful sarees stand smiling in front of a rural thatched roof home.Considering the multi-dimensional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health system, Bangladesh, like many other countries, has been facing severe challenges in its food system. This ultimately affect the overall nutritional status of women and children,[...]

Cultivating a Coffee Culture in Bangladesh

Woman examining plants in a vibrant plantation surrounded by trees and soil, highlighting farming and agricultural practices in a rural setting.Zing Pian Bawm now grows coffee to earn money for her family Nestled in Bangladesh’s hill tract region, the Bandarban district is one of the country’s hidden gems, featuring pristine and picturesque natural beauty. But due to its seclusion, residents in[...]

2018 Year in Review

Two joyful boys embrace and smile at the camera, showing friendship and happiness.We welcome 2019 and all the opportunities it brings to strengthen our impact and accelerate our progress toward improving the health of the world’s most vulnerable[...]

Homestead Food Production Featured as Nutrition Success Story

Young girl dressed in orange sari holding a large green pumpkin in a lush garden surrounded by plants and trees.Helen Keller International’s homestead food production programs have been featured in a new book called “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition.” Published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the book uses[...]

Gardening: A Sustainable Solution for Malnutrition?

Woman in colorful traditional attire picking cabbage leaves in a lush vegetable garden.Over three million children die every year due to causes related to malnutrition—most of them in low-income countries. The situation is particularly serious in Bangladesh where 40 percent of children suffer from chronic undernutrition, leaving their growth[...]

Examining Impact of Gender Relations Curriculum

Smiling young woman wearing a vibrant scarf stands among a group of people“One day I returned from the field and found that [my husband] had gone to draw the water and fill the cask. He had also made the fire, and told me to go wash up before coming to cook…the women in our village, seeing a man do all this for[...]

Suchona Chakma’s Healthy Family

A family of four including a baby, mother, teenage girl, and father sitting closely in a wooden-paneled room, smiling and posing for a casual portrait.Suchona Chakma's Healthy FamilySuchona Chakma lives in Nobin Chandra in the Khagrachari district of Bangladesh with her two daughters and husband. They do not have any land or a house of their own so they are living with another household. Her husband is a[...]