ChildSight’s Work with Homeless Youth Featured by Mashable

Girl with black hoodie and glasses smiling indoors, wearing a black leather jacket.ChildSight's Work with Homeless Youth Featured by MashableImagine looking at an eye chart and not even being able to make out the giant E at the top. Then imagine you’re homeless. Do you get care? A collaboration between US Vision and the Ali Forney[...]

Helen Keller: A human rights influence

Black and white image of Helen Keller holding a young boy wearing suspenders, with his father standing close by.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[...]

Helping Homeless Youth Begin Again with Clear Vision

Close-up of damaged eyeglasses with a shattered lens resting on a blue cloth.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[...]

US Vision Program Featured in New York Times “Well” Blog

Close-up of a smiling young girl wearing glasses indoors. She has light brown hair and looks directly at the camera.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[...]

Giving Tuesday FRIENDraiser

Attendees at an indoor event holding signsOn Tuesday, December 1 — Giving Tuesday 2015 — Helen Keller International hosted a FRIENDraiser at SideBAR in New York City. View images from the event here. Dozens of friends and supporters came out to hear entrepreneur Ken Adams, CEO of GorillaKilla,[...]