Devex Opinion Piece Highlights Impacts of the Climate Crisis on Nutrition
Devex Opinion Piece Highlights Impacts of the Climate Crisis on NutritionChief Program Officer Shawn Baker and Transforming Lives Through Nutrition Program Director Philomena Orji recently published an opinion piece on Devex about the most relentless consequence of climate change – malnutrition – and what the international community can do to address it. The climate crisis […]
Empowering Teen Girls to Lead Nutritional Change in their Communities
Empowering Teen Girls to Lead Nutritional Change in their CommunitiesAt just 13 years old, Wademu Ngmarju has made a name for herself in her community as an expert in farming and nutrition. She grows food in a home garden, raises chickens to earn income, and mentors other teen girls in farming and nutrition. She started […]
Speaking Technically: How the Climate Crisis is Driving a Nutrition Crisis
Speaking Technically: How the Climate Crisis is Driving a Nutrition CrisisWe recently spoke to Chief Program Officer Shawn Baker and Transforming Lives Program Director Philomena Orji about how the climate crisis is driving a nutrition crisis worldwide. Shawn leads Helen Keller’s efforts to strengthen food and health systems using scientifically proven solutions that are feasible, […]
Climate-Smart Agriculture Supports a Community
Climate-Smart Agriculture Supports a CommunityAlthough Maliatou Nignan and her family had been farming for years, they still struggled to grow enough food to feed themselves or earn an income. As Maliatou says, they “worked hard on arid lands” in their community of Zoro in southern Burkina Faso. “We cultivated vegetables and white-fleshed sweet potatoes, but the yields […]
Farming Expert Helps Displaced Nigerian Women Cultivate Food Security and Livelihoods
Farming Expert Helps Displaced Nigerian Women Cultivate Food Security and LivelihoodsRebecca Clement has been cultivating nutritious fruits and vegetables since she was a child. Growing up in a family of farmers in Garta, Nigeria, a small village in Adamawa state near the border with Cameroon, Rebecca began learning how to prepare soil for planting, to […]
Sweet Potatoes: Nutrition, Economic Security, and Inspiration
Sweet Potatoes: Nutrition, Economic Security, and InspirationIn her village in west central Burkina Faso, 34-year-old Kacoara Dahourou, a mother of four, knows firsthand the hardships of financial insecurity and hunger. Growing nutritious foods in a region that receives little rain – and finding affordable foods close to home – has long been a challenge for her. She […]
Women at the heart of our work
Women at the heart of our work Women are the cornerstones of many families. They oversee home life — raising the children, preparing meals, even fetching water — and they bear responsibility for part, if not all, of their families’ livelihoods. In times of struggle, women often put others’ needs ahead of their own. In many […]
Meet Mollika: 17-Year-Old Award-Winning Farmer
Meet Mollika: 17-Year-Old Award-Winning Farmer Nothing can stop rising star Mollika Biswas, an award-winning farmer. The 17-year-old lives with her parents and her older brother in a small village in the Satkhira region of Bangladesh. Two years ago, Mollika embarked on a health and nutrition journey with Helen Keller Intl. Now, she’s winning competitions for her […]
Helen Keller’s Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes Lead Nutrition in Nepal
Helen Keller’s Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes Lead Nutrition in Nepal 52-year-old Bishwo Nepal and his wife Gayatri Nepal remember almost losing their whole harvest the first year they farmed. Only one crop survived: orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. Bishwo was able to sell his sweet potato harvest earning enough money to save the family farm and perhaps their livelihood. […]
Taking Action to Combat Hunger
Taking Action to Combat Hunger In just three years, the ravages of COVID-19 reversed decades of progress in the fight against malnutrition. Compounded by the damaging effects of climate change and armed conflicts, most notably in Ukraine, this crisis fuels increased threats of famine in vulnerable communities. The United Nations estimates 345 million people worldwide face […]
