Bringing Education — and Dreams — Into Focus

Young girl with long dark hair and glasses standing in front of bookshelves filled with colorful books, smiling softly.“I need glasses,” says Qian, an outgoing sixth-grader who emigrated from China at age seven to join her family in New York. Her parents work long hours to make ends meet – her father is a cook and her mother a cashier. “My parents don’t spend much[...]

My Time with Helen Keller

Black and white photo of American writer, educator and advocate for the disabled Helen Keller holding a Braille volume and surrounded by shelves containing books and decorative figurines.When I was a young child my parents lived in Fairfield, Connecticut, in a house that was about three or four miles from Arcan Ridge, Helen Keller’s house. As a very young man, about six or seven at the time, I remember my first encounter with Helen. It was[...]

Preventing Blindness, Saving Lives

Man and woman seated on director chairs on stage, engaging in a conversation with a projected image of vitamin A supplementation behind them, in a formal event or conference settingAs part of our 100th Anniversary Celebration, Helen Keller International hosted an informative and insightful presentation on the history and impact of Vitamin A Supplementation as an important blindness and malnutrition intervention, as well as some insight[...]