Looking Bravely: Restoring Vision and Possibility in Tanzania

Opthometrist in Tanzania screens cataract patientHelen Keller is working to eliminate trachoma and treat cataracts in Tanzania. We recently spoke with Athuman Tawakal about how Helen Keller effectively combines screenings for both diseases to reach more people in Tanzania and transform the lives of[...]

Nurturing Minds and Bodies in Sierra Leone

Three smiling children enjoy orange flesh sweet potatoes77% of Sierra Leoneans lack reliable access to affordable, nutritious food, according to the World Food Programme. Last year, more than 2,600 farmers like Aunty Sento in Sierra Leone have received climate-smart training and tools to cultivate crops like[...]

Helen Keller’s New York Vision Program Featured on NY1

Junior Anisa has her vision screened and picks out glasses during the vision screening at Stuyvesant High School.Helen Keller Intl has served New York City for more than three decades, providing free vision screenings to 80,000 New Yorkers every year. Local news program NY1 highlighted our work providing free vision care services to children and families in New York[...]

Helping Mothers Breastfeed Improves Health and Saves Lives

Mother holds newborn at lactation consultant officeUNICEF estimates that improving breastfeeding rates worldwide could save the lives of more than 820,000 children under the age of five each year. Helen Keller Intl is helping mothers adopt this simple and cost-effective lifesaving approach across the[...]

Filling the Gap in Nigeria’s Child Nutrition Crisis

Mother holds her young child, surrounded by her husband and three other childrenInemesit and her husband, Inyang, work tirelessly as cassava farmers to keep their family of six healthy and happy, sending their children to the nearby public school in their community of Ibedu, near Nigeria’s southeastern coast. But they struggle to make[...]