Helping Mothers Breastfeed Improves Health and Saves Lives

Mother holds newborn at lactation consultant officeUNICEF estimates that improving breastfeeding rates worldwide could save the lives of more than 820,000 children under the age of five each year. Helen Keller Intl is helping mothers adopt this simple and cost-effective lifesaving approach across the[...]

Supporting Working Mothers to Continue Breastfeeding in Cambodia

Mother holding toddler child on wooden porch in Cambodia.Moul Saren was pleasantly surprised when she returned to work after maternity leave for her third child. The factory where she works as a quality control inspector, Copius, in Cambodia’s Takeo Province, had equipped a lactation room to support breastfeeding[...]

Because of You, We’re Building Brighter Futures, Together

A Nepali woman in pink sweater holding baby wrapped in thick blankets.The generous support of our Helen Keller Intl community makes our work possible. We’re so grateful for your ongoing partnership, which is helping us continue to provide essential health and nutrition services for children and families around the world in[...]