Taking Action to Combat Hunger 

Child is being measured with a colored mid-upper arm circumference tape to detect malnutrition.In just three years, the ravages of COVID-19 reversed decades of progress in the fight against malnutrition. Compounded by the damaging effects of climate change and armed conflicts, most notably in Ukraine, this crisis fuels increased threats of famine in[...]

Wonderful to be Back Home

Man in blue shirt holding baby and interacting with two women each holding a child in a medical or community setting.My last day in the Helen Keller Intl regional office in Dakar, Senegal, as Vice President for our Africa programs, was July 31, 2013. It was a bittersweet moment: I left behind work I love, a wonderful team, and had great anxiety about leaving Africa, where I[...]