Planting Seeds for Better Lives

Woman in red shirt holding young child wearing pink hat in lush garden area with green plants and rustic wooden fence, showing family and outdoor gardening environment.The village of Ahsygyi is situated in the Ayeyarwady region of southwest Myanmar. More people live in poverty in Ayeyarwady than in any other part of the[...]

A Community Health Worker’s Quest to Serve

Smiling man under tree in sunny outdoorsMy name is Domingo Gimo. I’m 41 years old, and for the past ten years I’ve been a community health worker for the villages of Chicomphende, Carata, Nhampondo, Nhamigoma and Ndewe, all in the Changara district of[...]

Ensuring That Nasya is Included

Group of young students in uniform seated at desks in a bright classroom, engaging in learning activities.When the bell rings long and loud at Gandaria Selatan 01 Elementary School, it’s a signal that the flag-raising ceremony is about to begin. Thirteen-year-old Nasya Ramadhany, dressed in her red and white uniform, eagerly joins her fellow students in[...]

How a Mother Became a Model Farmer and Entrepreneur

Woman smiling holding a large sweet potatoEarning enough money was a challenge for Sharada’s family. Even though she grew vegetables to sell, they were in season only half the year. That meant her husband had to go out of the country in search of[...]

Voice from the Field: Pooja Pandey Rana

Woman with long dark hair and patterned top stands in a modern studio setting with blue lighting, a large black and white portrait displayed on a screen behind her.At the 2017 Spirit of Helen Keller Gala, Pooja Pandey Rana discussed the most rewarding aspects of her work, and the woman who inspires her commitment to improving[...]

Mothers Fight Malnutrition

Woman wearing orange shirt holding baby in rural setting with traditional thatched hut in background.The mother of five children, Aida Abril knows a few things about raising happy and healthy children. She is now using that knowledge to teach other mothers in the Chicomphende village of Mozambique how to keep their children healthy and[...]

Keeping the Road to Success in Focus

Young boy covers his eye during vision test with medical staff and other children in classroom setting.The solution to helping students see clearly is simple: properly prescribed glasses. But as the Helen Keller team in Vietnam will tell you, the road to success is often blurry. In rural Vietnam, one in five children don’t know that the blurry world they see[...]