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Helping Children and Families See Possibilities with Vision Care

A boy trying on glasses as part of vision care gives a double thumbs up as a man holds up a mirror.

Helping Children and Families See Possibilities with Vision CareVision care is out of reach for many children and families across the United States because it is too expensive or difficult to access. As many as 4 million children and 12 million adults in the US are living with impaired vision due to an uncorrected refractive […]

Back to School: Helping Students Thrive with Clear Vision [Photo Essay]

An eye doctor examines a girls' eyes with a phoropter.

Back to School: Helping Students Thrive with Clear Vision [Photo Essay]As a new school year starts, students across the US are returning to the classroom, but too many will struggle because they can’t see clearly. Helen Keller Intl works with schools and community organizations in California, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York to provide vision […]

Improving Vision Care in Cameroon

A young woman and an adolescent boy stand next to each other in a classroom in Cameroon. They are smiling at the camera and each giving a thumbs up.

Improving Vision Care in CameroonMore than 26 million children and adults in Africa are living with some form of visual impairment. As many as 15 percent of these experience vision loss because of common refractive errors, such as near-sightedness or astigmatism, which can be corrected with a simple pair of eyeglasses. Although a majority of […]

Building Upon Our Legacy of Health, Nutrition, and Vision

A healthcare worker tends to a small baby being held by his mother.

Building Upon Our Legacy of Health, Nutrition, and VisionOver the past several decades, Helen Keller Intl has continued to expand our ability to help people around the world create lasting change in their own lives. Today, we reach more than 70 million children and family members across 20 countries with the essential building blocks of […]

2023 Year in Review: Forces for Good [Photo Essay]

A Burkinabe woman kneels while tending to six goats.

2023 Year in Review: Forces for Good [Photo Essay]Every day, members of the Helen Keller Intl community are choosing to be forces for good. Community health heroes, entrepreneurs, parents, youth, and Helen Keller staff work tirelessly to help improve health, nutrition, and vision for people in their communities, countries, and around the world. We’re highlighting […]

Clear Vision Brings True Potential into Focus

A boy with dark skin and glasses sits at a desk in a classroom surrounded by peers. He is turned toward the camera.

Clear Vision Brings True Potential into FocusLiving with childhood cataracts meant that 10-year-old Ulrich Amassoga had never experienced clear vision before. He had difficulty in school and dealt with bullying from classmates because of his condition. Two years ago, Helen Keller began providing vision screenings in schools in Cameroon in partnership with USAID’s Child Blindness […]

Building Brighter Futures by Saving Sight

A girl with dark skin wearing a blue dress and glasses stands on a small hill overlooking an earthen building.

Building Brighter Futures by Saving SightBy the time she was six years old, Treasure Winner Mafau Azemafack’s family had already fled violence three times. Originally from Fontem in Cameroon’s South West region, Treasure Winner, her parents, and three siblings eventually settled on Dschang, in the country’s West region. During this time, Treasure Winner began to […]

Helping People See True Potential

On the left, there is a graphic of a girl wearing a yellow dress and standing on a white pillar. To her right large white and orange text reads "She can thrive."

Helping People See True PotentialImpaired vision can cause long-lasting challenges for children and adults throughout their lives. In childhood, poor vision will make it more difficult for a student to fully engage in the classroom and with her peers, putting her education at risk. This can start a downward spiral, especially for a child already […]

3 Things to be Optimistic about in 2023

3 Things to be Optimistic about in 2023 Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller Just like Helen Keller herself, many of the families Helen Keller Intl works with face staggering odds that can seem insurmountable – from food insecurity to climate crises to […]

Creating the vision for students to thrive in Cameroon [PHOTO ESSAY]

Creating the vision for students to thrive in Cameroon [PHOTO ESSAY]After many decades of eye health being largely ignored in Africa, Helen Keller is teaming up with partners in Cameroon to reach more than 20,000 students with timely vision interventions. Glasses and other eye care can make all the difference in a child’s life – […]