I find life an exciting business – and most exciting when it is lived for others. Helen Keller A new year brings new opportunities to celebrate our progress and recognize the prospects we have to create positive ripples for children and families around the[...]
Last year, Helen Keller Intl reached 81 million children and family members with the building blocks of good health, sound nutrition, and clear vision. Community health heroes, peer mentors, parents, young people, and Helen Keller staff are creating positive[...]
Helen Keller Intl believes in a world where no one is deprived of the opportunity to live a healthy life and reach their true potential. Working with our global community, we’re supporting millions of families across Africa, Asia, and the United[...]
Chief 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[...]
At 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[...]
For nearly 10 years, Boncapri Sesay has served as a peer educator, providing counseling and guidance to pregnant and breastfeeding women in her own community. Regularly hosting a group that meets under a mango tree in her rural village in Sierra Leone’s[...]
Augustine Okoruwa, Regional Program Manager for Food Fortification, recently spoke to the Associated Press about the impacts of the climate crisis on malnutrition in West Africa and how fortified bouillon cubes can help people add essential nutrients to their[...]
We 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[...]
Although 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 recently spoke to Chum Senveasna, Program Manager for Helen Keller Intl in Cambodia. Senveasna has supported our work on nutrition since 2016. He’s now leading our efforts to support breastfeeding mothers and improve nutrition for women and children[...]