Cote d’Ivoire Archives

A child receives drops of vitamin A in Cote d'Ivoire.

Micro but Mighty: How Vitamin A Saves Lives [Photo Essay]

Thanks to a global community of donors, millions of children receive life-saving vitamin A every year. Click through our photo essay to learn more about this mighty micronutrient and how we are helping to improve children’s health and well-being by increasing their vitamin A intake.

Looking Bravely: Ensuring Safe Delivery of Lifesaving Vitamin A

Learn how Helen Keller Intl is adapting our work to ensure safe delivery of vitamin A during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hunger Report: How we are combatting malnutrition and food insecurity

As a global pandemic endangered the world’s most vulnerable people, we responded swiftly, with a science-based strategy to address the far-reaching ripple effects of COVID-19, including rising poverty and extreme hunger.

Salimata Coulibaly is on a Mission to End Child Hunger

In northern Cote d’Ivoire, children’s nutrition is improving through our partnership with Coulibaly and her organization, Wo Pile Sanga.

Rajiya Sultana examines her duck and hen eggs

An Evolving Response to Help the World’s Most Vulnerable People

The global COVID-19 pandemic has exposed cracks in societies around the world. Through adaptation and innovation, we have met the demands of the moment.

Mariam Tio holds two melons in her hands

A Community Garden Grows in Zienkolo, Côte d’Ivoire

Virtually visit a fruit and vegetable garden that has flourished with the help of Helen Keller’s training and support.

Two community health workers reviewing paperwork

Cote d’Ivoire: Local “Vitamin A Heroes” Face Major New Obstacle to Saving Children’s Lives

For the past three years, community health volunteer, Moriame Sidibé, has served her community by going door to door to administer lifesaving vitamin A supplementation to children during biyearly campaigns. Now, the threat of Covid-19 has dramatically changed the landscape.