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2018 Year in Review
We welcome 2019 and all the opportunities it brings to strengthen our impact and accelerate our progress toward improving the health of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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Helen Keller a “Top Charity” Second Year in a Row
Helen Keller International is proud to announce that we have been rated a “top charity” by GiveWell for the second year in a row for our vitamin A supplementation program.
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The Changing Climate for Zero Hunger
Over the past two months, the international community has been informed by new data, and new warnings, about the drivers of global hunger and the number of people worldwide who suffer from malnutrition.
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In the Spirit of Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving is a call to reflect on gratitude and community. Here at Helen Keller International, we are ever grateful for the legacy and example of our co-founder
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Helen Keller is the American dream
I was shocked to hear that the State Board of Education had voted, preliminarily, to eliminate Helen Keller from the history curriculum. Helen Keller not only triggered a watershed change for underrepresented groups of people, she literally redefined our understanding of human potential.
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World Sight Day 2018
Recognizing the unmet needs for vision care among vulnerable, at-risk youth in the U.S., we are expanding our 24-year-old U.S. Vision program to reach children in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, starting in Saint Paul.
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Helen Keller International Named a Top Charity by GiveWell
GiveWell has named Helen Keller International’s vitamin A supplementation (VAS) program a top charity.
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Growing Crops and Confidence in Tanzania
Revina Francis is a young single mother living in a small fishing village on Ukerewe Island in northwest Tanzania. She
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Helping Eliminate Snail Fever in Sierra Leone
When Sahr Gando, a miner and farmer living in Sierra Leone’s Kono District, contracted schistosomiasis, he found himself unable to
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Christian is a scholarship student taking AP classes in Corona, Queens. He is also extremely nearsighted and requires new prescription glasses almost
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