Running in Honor of My Mom

Vision is easy to take for granted--at least that's true for me. I try to be intentional about recognizing the good in life and giving thanks, but so many things still escape notice. I'm glad I can see, but it was never any deeper than[...]

Helping People See

Soon after I graduated from the University of Nairobi with a degree in Ophthalmology, I worked in an eye hospital where I would see up to 100 patients a day and perform 100 surgeries a week. When I moved to Ethiopia, I worked for the government in[...]

Wings to Fly

I remember the four hour interview I had to go through to get my position in the Finance and Admin office, but I must say it was truly worth every second. Working for Helen Keller Intl in the Eastern, Central and Southern Africa regional office has been an[...]

Lifting the Burden

Mette Kjaer Kinoti, Helen Keller Intl Vice President for Africa, recently visited Mali and met with some beneficiaries of the End Fund NTDs MMDP project in the health districts of Markala and Bla. During her visit, she met 65 year old Tieson from Markala.[...]

The Power of a Cadre’s Love

The Power of a Cadre's Love“As a human being, we can never live alone. It is really a great blessing for me that I can be useful to others in reducing malnutrition among children in the area of the Besmalak Health Post.” Yohana Manao, 44, a mother of four[...]

Making Progress in Cambodia

Helen Keller International’s efforts to bring our Homestead Food Production program to Cambodia has helped families like Mr. Phorn and Ms. Havas by providing a range of training, educational and material support to improve the quality and quantity of food[...]

My Own Homestead Garden

Last summer, I started growing vegetables in a small garden bed on a 6’ x 6’ plot. I wanted my children to have first-hand experience about the programs that Helen Keller offers, such as the Enhanced Homestead Food Production program. This program[...]

Improving Health, Nutrition, and Livelihood

Over the past year, Helen Keller International has been working to bring our Homestead Food Production program to four districts of Ratanakiri Province in Cambodia, which is among the least developed countries in the world. The main objective of the project[...]

Realizing My Passion

I am Chinese-Vietnamese American. During the Vietnam War, my family received aid from a number of humanitarian organizations, so I have always understood first-hand the powerful impact of international organizations that help families in need. Once the war[...]

Sight Impacting Life

While on a field supervisory visit for the Hilton Trachoma Elimination Project, I entered the hut of a 5 year-old boy named Nazifi Aminou who had been referred as an “unsaveable case” by the local Chief Medical Officer at one of the health posts in the[...]