Helen Keller Intl has served New York City for more than three decades, providing free vision screenings to 80,000 New Yorkers every year. Local news program NY1 highlighted our work providing free vision care services to children and families in New York[...]
An article from The Guardian details Nepal's tremendous progress in reducing child malnutrition and warns that those gains are now at risk due to foreign aid cuts. For years, Nepal has been a global success story in the fight against child malnutrition.[...]
A story from NPR highlights Helen Keller Intl’s innovative, community-based approach to treating childhood malnutrition in Senegal. Journalist Jonathan Lambert traveled to Keur Mbar in Western Senegal to report on the program, interviewing Helen Keller[...]
An article in The Christian Science Monitor spotlights Helen Keller Intl’s work to combat child malnutrition in Nigeria. Journalist Ogar Monday reports on Helen Keller’s Life Saving Nutrition program, which provides treatment to children suffering from[...]
Helen Keller Intl’s vitamin A supplementation work was recently featured on GiveWell Conversations, a twice-monthly podcast hosted by GiveWell CEO Elie Hassenfeld.
In the episode, Scrutinizing One of Our Longest-Funded Programs, Elie and Senior Researcher[...]
Last year, we lost one-third of our operating budget due to abrupt U.S. government funding cuts, forcing us to pause critical health services. As journalist Connie Matthiessen reports, amid shrinking funding for global health, philanthropic partners and[...]
Helen Keller Intl’s President and CEO Sarah Bouchie joined The Business of Giving Podcast for an in-depth interview. The conversation with host Denver Frederick covered our organization’s history and mission, the challenges of the past year, Sarah’s[...]
In a column for The New York Times, opinion writer Nick Kristof once again championed Helen Keller’s work, this time pointing to the cost-effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation. Nick’s editorial scrutinizes the very high cost of military[...]
A deeply reported story from The New York Times details Cameroon’s progress toward eliminating neglected tropical diseases, featuring the voices of Helen Keller Intl’s government partners, community health workers, and program[...]
A story from NPR details the incredible progress Mali has made in fighting neglected tropical diseases - but warns this legacy is now at risk due to cuts to US government[...]