Image: Ad in Senegal for Bledina products cross-promotes breastmilk substitutes with complementary foods for older children. Nutrition during the first two years of life is key. It helps children grow, feeds intelligence, and provides the foundation[...]
New York, NY — March 29, 2016 — Helen Keller International, a leading global nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting the causes and consequences of preventable blindness and malnutrition, celebrates a year of transformation with the 2016 Spirit of[...]
Helen Keller believed that the poorest and most vulnerable among us deserve lives of dignity and the opportunities to fulfill their own potentials. “The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all,” she said. From an early age, Keller was outspoken[...]
When it comes to ending the biggest problems, it is often not possible to tackle one problem in isolation. For example, to put a stop to conflict we must deal with poverty. To end poverty, we must increase investments in[...]
This month Helen Keller International took part in two important events in Washington, DC, to increase support for programs empowering women through better access to health services and good nutrition. Vice President, Nutrition Rolf Klemm joined[...]
Helen Keller International Stephanie Palmer, Program Manager for Integrated Control of NTDs, recently spoke with the Deseret News about the urgent need to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases, which impact many of the world’s poorest[...]
For more than 20 years, Helen Keller International’s US Vision Program has provided in-school vision screenings and free prescription glasses to children in some of the poorest communities in the United States. In 2015, with support of The New York[...]
Helen Keller International's Elizabeth Zehner, project director for the ARCH child feeding research project, weighs in on The Lancet breastfeeding[...]
US Vision Program Featured in New York Times "Well" BlogNew York Times personal health columnist Jane Brody features Helen Keller International’s US Vision Program in her latest “Well” blog. Put glasses on children who can’t[...]
Helen Keller International’s US Vision Program addresses the critical need for vision care among under-served youth by providing free, comprehensive services directly in schools in high poverty communities. In July 2015, ChildSight® introduced a[...]