Earth Day 2019

Woman holding baby in lush green gardenTo mark Earth Day, we asked Helen Keller International’s Senior Nutrition Advisor, Jennifer Nielsen, to answer questions about the impact of climate change on the vulnerable communities we serve around the[...]

Oslo Conference Seeks Solutions

Women and children gathered outdoors in colorful clothing, some holding babies.Niger is a microcosm of the impact of the Lake Chad crisis on the desperately poor zones affected by it. The landlocked West African country ranks 188th of 188 countries on the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human Development[...]

Homestead Food Production Featured as Nutrition Success Story

Young girl dressed in orange sari holding a large green pumpkin in a lush garden surrounded by plants and trees.Helen Keller International’s homestead food production programs have been featured in a new book called “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition.” Published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the book uses[...]

Examining Impact of Gender Relations Curriculum

Smiling young woman wearing a vibrant scarf stands among a group of people“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[...]