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

Woman in orange shirt with child on her back, feeding a group of goats in a dry, open field with sparse trees.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[...]

Sweet Potatoes: Nutrition, Economic Security, and Inspiration

Woman in colorful clothing kneeling in a garden, caring for young vegetable plants with labeled rows.In her village in west central Burkina Faso, 34-year-old Kacoara Dahourou, a mother of four, knows firsthand the hardships of financial insecurity and hunger. Growing nutritious foods in a region that receives little rain – and finding affordable foods[...]

Women at the heart of our work 

Mother gives child a vitamin A supplement in outdoor setting.Women are the cornerstones of many families. They oversee home life — raising the children, preparing meals, even fetching water — and they bear responsibility for part, if not all, of their families’ livelihoods. In times of struggle, women often put[...]

Working Miracles to Preserve Sight

Healthcare worker in scrubs and protective gear attending to a patient on a medical table.Anne Sullivan, known around the world as “the miracle worker” for her extraordinary achievements as Helen Keller’s teacher, overcame enormous challenges of her own. Born into poverty in Massachusetts in 1866, Anne lost much of her sight as a result of a[...]

Empowering Parents to Provide a Path to Nutrition

Man in rural garden kneeling with young child and holding freshly harvested root vegetables. Outdoor farming scene showing small-scale agriculture and family involvement in crop growing.The holidays are here, and many are looking forward to seeing their loved ones and counting their blessings. The Foliou family is no exception.   As Abdoulaye stoops down behind his son, he holds a fist full of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes in the[...]