Tag: Stories
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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Earth Day 2019
To mark Earth Day, we asked Helen Keller International’s Senior Nutrition Advisor, Jennifer Nielsen, to answer questions about the impact of climate change on the vulnerable communities we serve around the world.
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Free Glasses to New Jersey Schoolkids
Today, Helen Keller International and Vision To Learn presented free glasses to more than 110 K to 8th grade Jersey City students at Frank R. Conwell Middle School.
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International Women’s Day 2019
International Women’s Day has special significance for everyone at Helen Keller International. Our co-founder, Helen Keller, was a fearless trailblazer and champion for social justice and women’s rights.
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A Milestone in Vision Care
On February 4, Helen Keller International delivered its two millionth free U.S. vision screening at an after-school program run by our long-time partner Children’s Aid in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City.
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