What We Do

A world where every person can live a healthy life filled with potential.

Helen Keller Intl continues the legacy of our co-founder, Helen Keller, who fiercely advocated for people who would have been otherwise left behind. Working in 20 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States, we partner with communities to grow and eat nutritious food, stave off malnutrition, build strong immune systems, access life-saving medical treatments, and prevent and treat blindness and vision loss.

Our current multiyear strategy: Leading Locally, Fortifying Futures will drive two critical changes that have the power to transform health for millions of people.

We seek to:

Improve the reach and quality of health services, with a focus on nutrition, vision, and neglected tropical diseases.
Expand access to safe, nutritious, and fortified foods for underserved communities.

Leading Locally, Fortifying Futures also sustains our core program areas of nutrition, vision, and health, addressing some of the most persistent yet solvable public health challenges affecting families and communities who are systemically left out.

Throughout, local is our mantra—prioritizing local voices and solutions, hiring locally and driving resources to local partners. The people and communities we serve will be ever more at the center of our work—their knowledge, priorities, leadership, and agency will shape every aspect of Helen Keller’s model.

This is what Helen Keller does best—transforming sight and health through cost-effective, proven solutions—and build toward our vision: a world where every person can live a healthy life filled with potential. We hope you will stand with us.

Read more about our Leading Locally, Fortifying Futures Strategy in English or French and read our CEO Sarah Bouchie’s remarks.

Good health

Sound nutrition

Clear vision

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