Ndèye Yaga Sy is our Nutrition Policy and Advocacy Advisor based in Dakar, Senegal. She supports Helen Keller Intl’s work engaging with the Senegalese government to strengthen policies that support better nutrition and health for children and families.[...]
Working to improve healthcare and nutrition requires a commitment to understanding the inequities within health and food systems – and to finding partners who can implement cost-effective solutions that improve outcomes on a large scale and for the long[...]
A story from The New York Times highlights how US funding cuts have disrupted the global supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food, creating devastating consequences for malnourished children[...]
Moul Saren was pleasantly surprised when she returned to work after maternity leave for her third child. The factory where she works as a quality control inspector, Copius, in Cambodia’s Takeo Province, had equipped a lactation room to support breastfeeding[...]
The generous support of our Helen Keller Intl community makes our work possible. We’re so grateful for your ongoing partnership, which is helping us continue to provide essential health and nutrition services for children and families around the world in[...]
Mai Hoang, advisor and coordinator for our nutrition programs in Asia, works with teams across Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, and the Philippines to improve nutrition, food security, and community health[...]
Science Magazine’s latest cover story spotlights the devastating consequences children in Nepal are facing because of US funding cuts to nutrition work. The article also highlights Helen Keller Intl’s remarkable legacy of improving health and wellbeing[...]
Vitamin A is an essential micronutrient that helps protect children’s sight, health, and lives. A twice-yearly dose of vitamin A through age five can help prevent blindness and reduce childhood mortality by more than[...]
In an opinion piece for The New York Times, writer Nicholas Kristof champions the “nifty, elegant and cheap solutions to global hunger” advanced by Helen Keller[...]