Helen Keller International set up the first modern cataract center outside Hanoi and HCMC in Nam Dinh in 1994; an easy 4 hour drive South from Hanoi, where electricity was relatively reliable and there were already skilled[...]
Dengue. Malaria. Ebola. These are just some of the conditions that Helen Keller International staff have contracted or been exposed to while delivering services to communities in 22 countries around the world. From the office in New York City where I sit,[...]
Excerpted from Kate Ganz’s acceptance speech upon receiving the 2013 Spirit of Helen Keller Award. When I thought about what I wanted to talk about this evening I kept remembering one day, one afternoon, one visit that I made to an impoverished village[...]
This story was originally posted on End in Africa’s website on August 20, 2015. “My old shoes are worn out and I was thinking if my parents can afford to buy me another pair of shoes before the opening of school.” Fatmata, age 8[...]
The Harvest Basket: In the Sahel in West Africa – a semi-arid region just south of the Sahara desert — the rain falls in a short intense monsoon season from June to September. The main staple crops, such as pearl millet, are grown during this season,[...]
The "Harry Potters"In 1994, US Vision Program was launched in Washington Heights, NY. The model of the program included core components such as visual acuity screening, vision assessment with licensed optometrist, and the provision of eyeglasses. [...]
“Since I started planting vegetables in May 2014 in our yard, I haven’t spent money anymore to buy green vegetables. Instead, I earn at least IDR 100,000 (approximately USD $8) each month from the sale of those vegetables. And that amount hasn’t even[...]
On my first trip to the field as a new Board member in 2008, we went to Singida, Tanzania, a full-day’s drive into the center of the country from Dar es Salaam, mostly down rutted dirt roads. The hotel’s mosquito bed nets had big holes in them, the[...]
I’ve been working at Helen Keller International in the Operations department at headquarters since 2010, where my main responsibility has been making sure the office runs like a well-oiled machine on a day to day basis. I’ve often wondered what[...]
It was on an Helen Keller Intl Board trip to Sierra Leone in February 2014 that our group visited a small rural village en route to another location. We stopped at a health clinic to meet with members of the staff, some patients, and residents of the[...]
Helen Keller International set up the first modern cataract center outside Hanoi and HCMC in Nam Dinh in 1994; an easy 4 hour drive South from Hanoi, where electricity was relatively reliable and there were already skilled[...] 
Dengue. Malaria. Ebola. These are just some of the conditions that Helen Keller International staff have contracted or been exposed to while delivering services to communities in 22 countries around the world. From the office in New York City where I sit,[...] 
Excerpted from Kate Ganz’s acceptance speech upon receiving the 2013 Spirit of Helen Keller Award. When I thought about what I wanted to talk about this evening I kept remembering one day, one afternoon, one visit that I made to an impoverished village[...] 
This story was originally posted on End in Africa’s website on August 20, 2015. “My old shoes are worn out and I was thinking if my parents can afford to buy me another pair of shoes before the opening of school.” Fatmata, age 8[...] 
The Harvest Basket: In the Sahel in West Africa – a semi-arid region just south of the Sahara desert — the rain falls in a short intense monsoon season from June to September. The main staple crops, such as pearl millet, are grown during this season,[...] 
The "Harry Potters"In 1994, US Vision Program was launched in Washington Heights, NY. The model of the program included core components such as visual acuity screening, vision assessment with licensed optometrist, and the provision of eyeglasses. [...] 
“Since I started planting vegetables in May 2014 in our yard, I haven’t spent money anymore to buy green vegetables. Instead, I earn at least IDR 100,000 (approximately USD $8) each month from the sale of those vegetables. And that amount hasn’t even[...] 
On my first trip to the field as a new Board member in 2008, we went to Singida, Tanzania, a full-day’s drive into the center of the country from Dar es Salaam, mostly down rutted dirt roads. The hotel’s mosquito bed nets had big holes in them, the[...] 
I’ve been working at Helen Keller International in the Operations department at headquarters since 2010, where my main responsibility has been making sure the office runs like a well-oiled machine on a day to day basis. I’ve often wondered what[...] 
It was on an Helen Keller Intl Board trip to Sierra Leone in February 2014 that our group visited a small rural village en route to another location. We stopped at a health clinic to meet with members of the staff, some patients, and residents of the[...]