Country: Burkina Faso
USAID-funded MMDP Project: A New Chance at Life
To give affected people a new chance at life by saving sight and restoring mobility, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) made a significant investment in 2014 by funding the five-year, flagship Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention Project.
Read more about USAID-funded MMDP Project: A New Chance at LifeHelen Keller a “Top Charity” Second Year in a Row
Helen Keller International is proud to announce that we have been rated a “top charity” by GiveWell for the second year in a row for our vitamin A supplementation program.
Read more about Helen Keller a “Top Charity” Second Year in a RowCHANGE Comes to Abaza: Fatie’s Story
The first time Fatie Sore sowed the seeds of a plant called African nightshade, her curiosity about the vegetable was tinged with apprehension.
Read more about CHANGE Comes to Abaza: Fatie’s StoryRelieving the Pain of Trachoma
Halimata is 75 years old and was blinded many years ago by a bacterial eye infection called trachoma. Thanks to a village-based surgery campaign, Halimata was recovering from surgery on both of her eyelids.
Read more about Relieving the Pain of TrachomaEnding Suffering, One Surgery at a Time
“Before the surgery, I was always in pain and I couldn’t see properly. I was afraid to go outside. I rarely socialized.”
Read more about Ending Suffering, One Surgery at a TimeOn World Sight Day, Let’s Recommit to Ending Trachoma
Across the globe, there are 200 million people at risk of trachoma, a preventable, blinding infectious disease. More than three
Read more about On World Sight Day, Let’s Recommit to Ending TrachomaHomestead Food Production Featured as Nutrition Success Story
Helen Keller International’s homestead food production programs have been featured in a new book called “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change
Read more about Homestead Food Production Featured as Nutrition Success StoryExamining Impact of Gender Relations Curriculum
“One day I returned from the field and found that [my husband] had gone to draw the water and fill
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Washington, D.C.—A recent study out of Burkina Faso shows that integrating nutrition and health education and women’s empowerment interventions into
Read more about Homegrown Nutrition Works in Burkina FasoWe Believe You — No Need to Show Us!
I had never witnessed such palpable pride until I met a man who had benefited from a hydrocele operation. We
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