Improving Vision Care in Cameroon

A young woman and an adolescent boy stand next to each other in a classroom in Cameroon. They are smiling at the camera and each giving a thumbs up.More than 26 million children and adults in Africa are living with some form of visual impairment because they can't access vision[...]

2023 Year in Review: Forces for Good [Photo Essay]

A Burkinabe woman kneels while tending to six goats.Every day, members of the Helen Keller Intl community are choosing to be forces for good. Community health heroes, entrepreneurs, parents, youth, and Helen Keller staff work tirelessly to help improve health, nutrition, and vision for people in their[...]

Preventing Vision Loss from Diabetic Retinopathy in Bangladesh

A woman in a bright pink sari sits across the table from a bald man wearing glasses. The man points to an image of a retina on a computer screen.Nasima Khatun’s vision had been deteriorating for years. It had gotten so bad she was unable to recognize the faces of people she knew from a distance. Then one morning, the vision in her right eye suddenly became obscured by what looked like a red cloud.[...]

Looking Bravely: Eliminating Blinding Trachoma in Mali

A man with dark skin sits on a bench outside of a building. He is writing in a small notebook. A woman with dark skin dressed in white scrubs sits across from him.We recently spoke with Benoit Dembélé who is our Regional Technical Advisor for Neglected Tropical Diseases in West Africa. Benoit helps Helen Keller Intl’s teams across Africa ensure quality treatment to prevent and eliminate neglected tropical diseases.[...]

Cultivating Economic Security through Farming in Nepal

A Nepalese woman stands in a field holding a large cabbage in each hand.In Nepal’s remote, mountainous Taplejung district, Pemba Doma Sherpa harvests vegetables from her fields on a steep hillside. She sells her produce at the local market twice a week, providing enough money to support her family and send her two daughters to[...]

Building Brighter Futures by Saving Sight

A girl with dark skin wearing a blue dress and glasses stands on a small hill overlooking an earthen building.By the time she was six years old, Treasure Winner Mafau Azemafack’s family had already fled violence three times. Originally from Fontem in Cameroon’s South West region, Treasure Winner, her parents, and three siblings eventually settled on Dschang,[...]