Tag: Stories

Looking Bravely: Eliminating Blinding Trachoma in Mali
We recently spoke with Benoit Dembélé who is our Regional Technical Advisor for Neglected Tropical Diseases in West Africa. Benoit
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Cultivating Economic Security through Farming in Nepal
In Nepal’s remote, mountainous Taplejung district, Pemba Doma Sherpa harvests vegetables from her fields on a steep hillside. She sells
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Building Brighter Futures by Saving Sight
By the time she was six years old, Treasure Winner Mafau Azemafack’s family had already fled violence three times. Originally
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Sweet Potatoes: Nutrition, Economic Security, and Inspiration
In her village in west central Burkina Faso, 34-year-old Kacoara Dahourou, a mother of four, knows firsthand the hardships of
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Knowledge Ensures Healthy Babies and Healthy Mothers
It’s a special service day in Gbondapi town, Sierra Leone, and that means the long wooden benches in the foyer of the health center are filled exclusively with mothers and their young children.
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Eliminating a Disfiguring Disease in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, mosquitos are much more than a nuisance – they also transmit harmful diseases like lymphatic filariasis.
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The ‘Great Potato’ Helps Farmers Boost Income and Health
Since she began growing it a few years ago, Massah Abdulai hasn’t stopped singing the praises of the orange-fleshed sweet potato. “Our children are getting sick less often.”
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Women in Senegal are Raising Chickens to Raise their Standard of Living
We revisited two entrepreneurial Senegalese women to hear what they’ve been up to with the help of Helen Keller’s CHANGE project.
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New Flagship USAID Partnership Will Advance Nutrition Worldwide
Helen Keller International is part of a new consortium of organizations selected by USAID to help scale up efforts to improve nutrition for women and children in low-and middle-income countries.
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A Tribute to Those Who Mother
To mark Mother’s Day, we celebrate the amazing fortitude and resourcefulness of mothers, grandmothers, and all those who take on mothering roles in the families and communities we serve around the world.
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