Understanding What We Do

Woman speaking at eventExcerpted from Kate Ganz’s acceptance speech upon receiving the 2013 Spirit of Helen Keller Award. When I thought about what I wanted to talk about this evening I kept remembering one day, one afternoon, one visit that I made to an impoverished village[...]

Sight Impacting Life

A large group of children gathered under a tree, smiling and waving at the camera.While on a field supervisory visit for the Hilton Trachoma Elimination Project, I entered the hut of a 5 year-old boy named Nazifi Aminou who had been referred as an “unsaveable case” by the local Chief Medical Officer at one of the health posts in the[...]

“Just Because He Can’t See Doesn’t Mean He Can’t Think”

Happy children smiling and posing closely together outside."Just Because He Can't See Doesn't Mean He Can't Think"I carried out a field visit to observe first-hand the work that the Helen Keller Intl Niger staff had been conducting. One of our Niger offices is located in Zinder – a large town some 895 kilometers[...]

100 Stories for 100 Years

Young toddler girl sitting on colorful woven mat eating green pureed baby food from a bowl with a spoon.Helen Keller International recently celebrated its Centennial Anniversary. In addition to a host of exciting commemorative events taking place in Africa, Asia, Europe and the United States, our global team members have taken on the challenge of sharing[...]