2018 Year in Review

Two joyful boys embrace and smile at the camera, showing friendship and happiness.We welcome 2019 and all the opportunities it brings to strengthen our impact and accelerate our progress toward improving the health of the world’s most vulnerable[...]

Growing Crops and Confidence in Tanzania

Group of women in colorful clothing planting seeds in rows on a farm.Revina Francis is a young single mother living in a small fishing village on Ukerewe Island in northwest Tanzania. She proudly maintains a plot of vitamin A-rich orange sweet potatoes, spinach and other leafy green vegetables. But it hasn’t always been[...]

Making the Blind to See

Six adults of various backgrounds stand in front of Helen Keller Tanzania officeOn my first trip to the field as a new Board member in 2008, we went to Singida, Tanzania, a full-day’s drive into the center of the country from Dar es Salaam, mostly down rutted dirt roads.  The hotel’s mosquito bed nets had big holes in them, the[...]

Spreading the Word

Several individuals sampling sweet potatoes at a VIAZI LISHE agricultural exhibition booth.The Reaching Agent of Change (RAC) project advocates for improved policy and increased investment in the distribution of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (OFSP). It is a highly nutritious crop, full of micronutrients that are crucial for reducing hunger and[...]

Developing Partnerships in Geita

Several farmers in colorful clothing standing among rows of leafy green plants in a rural farm setting.Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes, rich in Vitamin A, are a critical resource in our ongoing work to reduce malnutrition. 44% of preschoolers in the Sub-Saharan Africa are vitamin A deficient, putting them at much higher risk for blindness, illness and childhood[...]