Helping Children Grow Up Healthier with Vitamin A
Helping Children Grow Up Healthier with Vitamin AVitamin A is critical to children’s healthy growth and development. This essential micronutrient not only protects and strengthens vision, but it helps build strong immune systems. For more than 50 years, Helen Keller Intl has been at the forefront of vitamin A supplementation for children around the world. […]
Back to School: Helping Students Thrive with Clear Vision [Photo Essay]
Back to School: Helping Students Thrive with Clear Vision [Photo Essay]As a new school year starts, students across the US are returning to the classroom, but too many will struggle because they can’t see clearly. Helen Keller Intl works with schools and community organizations in California, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York to provide vision […]
2023 Year in Review: Forces for Good [Photo Essay]
2023 Year in Review: Forces for Good [Photo Essay]Every day, members of the Helen Keller Intl community are choosing to be forces for good. Community health heroes, entrepreneurs, parents, youth, and Helen Keller staff work tirelessly to help improve health, nutrition, and vision for people in their communities, countries, and around the world. We’re highlighting […]
Sierra Leone Poised for Liberation from “Bigfut” [A Photo Essay]
Sierra Leone Poised for Liberation from “Bigfut” [A Photo Essay]Once upon a time, lymphatic filariasis plagued the entire country of Sierra Leone. The parasite-borne neglected tropical disease, transmitted through mosquitos, causes severe swelling and painful enlargement of body parts. In Sierra Leone’s Krio language, the extreme swelling of legs is called “bigfut.” Although it is […]
Creating the vision for students to thrive in Cameroon [PHOTO ESSAY]
Creating the vision for students to thrive in Cameroon [PHOTO ESSAY]After many decades of eye health being largely ignored in Africa, Helen Keller is teaming up with partners in Cameroon to reach more than 20,000 students with timely vision interventions. Glasses and other eye care can make all the difference in a child’s life – […]
First-ever Minnesota Sight Day delivers eyeglasses to folks of all ages [Photo Essay]
First-ever Minnesota Sight Day delivers eyeglasses to folks of all ages [Photo Essay]At the first-ever Minnesota Sight Day, Helen Keller Intl partnered with Saint Paul Public Schools, VSP Global, Lions KidSight, and Phillips Eye Institute to deliver eye screenings and exams, new prescription glasses, and eyewear care tips to nearly 100 children and adults. Thanks […]
Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week [Photo Essay]
Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week [Photo Essay]Every day, mothers impart superpowers to their babies through the miracle of breast milk. Breast milk remains one of the safest, most effective, economical ways to protect newborns in early life. Helen Keller Intl guides families every step of the way. We help expectant mothers prepare for their babies’ arrival, […]
Feeding the Future: Alleviating the Hunger Crisis [Photo Essay]
Feeding the Future: Alleviating the Hunger Crisis [Photo Essay]For millions of people across the globe, safety and assurance have disappeared. Helen Keller Intl partners with governments and community organizations to bring life-saving solutions to those who need them most. Thanks to our global community of supporters, we’re able to do more by empowering women, children […]
Micro but Mighty: How Vitamin A Saves Lives [Photo Essay]
Thanks to a global community of donors, millions of children receive life-saving vitamin A every year. Click through our photo essay to learn more about this mighty micronutrient and how we are helping to improve children’s health and well-being by increasing their vitamin A intake.
