Program Area: Vision Care
How We’re Fighting Coronavirus: Highlights from 8 Countries
Here’s how we’re fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in eight countries, while working in solidarity with local leaders and communities to strengthen resilience.
Read more about How We’re Fighting Coronavirus: Highlights from 8 CountriesLooking Bravely: COVID-19 and Vision Care in New York City Schools
Tonya Suer, New York Vision Program Manager, discusses how “stay-at-home” measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 will affect children’s ability not only to see, but also to learn.
Read more about Looking Bravely: COVID-19 and Vision Care in New York City SchoolsUSAID-funded MMDP Project: A New Chance at Life
To give affected people a new chance at life by saving sight and restoring mobility, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) made a significant investment in 2014 by funding the five-year, flagship Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention Project.
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To mark Mother’s Day, we celebrate the amazing fortitude and resourcefulness of mothers, grandmothers, and all those who take on mothering roles in the families and communities we serve around the world.
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Today, Helen Keller International and Vision To Learn presented free glasses to more than 110 K to 8th grade Jersey City students at Frank R. Conwell Middle School.
Read more about Free Glasses to New Jersey SchoolkidsA Milestone in Vision Care
On February 4, Helen Keller International delivered its two millionth free U.S. vision screening at an after-school program run by our long-time partner Children’s Aid in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City.
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We welcome 2019 and all the opportunities it brings to strengthen our impact and accelerate our progress toward improving the health of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Read more about 2018 Year in ReviewMeet our visionaries
We’d like to introduce you to some of the amazing VISIONARIES who are part of our mission to help people see new possibilities and realize their potential.
Read more about Meet our visionariesIn the Spirit of Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving is a call to reflect on gratitude and community. Here at Helen Keller International, we are ever grateful for the legacy and example of our co-founder
Read more about In the Spirit of Giving ThanksHelen Keller is the American dream
I was shocked to hear that the State Board of Education had voted, preliminarily, to eliminate Helen Keller from the history curriculum. Helen Keller not only triggered a watershed change for underrepresented groups of people, she literally redefined our understanding of human potential.
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