“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[...]
Image: Ad in Senegal for Bledina products cross-promotes breastmilk substitutes with complementary foods for older children. Nutrition during the first two years of life is key. It helps children grow, feeds intelligence, and provides the foundation[...]
On International Women’s Day, we are proud to announce that Helen Keller International’s Women-Centered Homestead Food Production Program in Cambodia has been selected to receive a prestigious Grand Challenges grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates[...]
World Sight Day 2015 - Briefing Call on TrachomaListen to a podcast of Trachoma: A Journey to Elimination Learn more about our work in treating and eliminating trachoma and other diseases of poverty. Stories of Impact Sight Impacting Life Thierno[...]
Helen Keller International’s efforts to bring our Homestead Food Production program to Cambodia has helped families like Mr. Phorn and Ms. Havas by providing a range of training, educational and material support to improve the quality and quantity of food[...]
Over the past year, Helen Keller International has been working to bring our Homestead Food Production program to four districts of Ratanakiri Province in Cambodia, which is among the least developed countries in the world. The main objective of the project[...]
For more than 17 years, Helen Keller International has taught women in Cambodia to grow nutritious fruits and vegetables—many of them rich in sight- and life-saving vitamin A—for their[...]