Helen Keller International

Our mission is to save and improve the sight and lives of the world’s vulnerable.

Portrait of Ezekiel, smiling while wearing his new eyeglasses

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Meet our visionaries

It's back-to-school season, and millions of low-income kids in the United States will start classes without the glasses they need. But low-income children are not the only vulnerable people in the U.S. who urgently need vision care and properly prescribed glasses. That's why Helen Keller International is expanding its 25-year-old ChildSight program.

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Statement from Helen Keller International

Helen Keller International (HKI) fully supports the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidance on optimal infant and young child feeding.

CHANGE Comes to Abaza: Fatie’s Story

The first time Fatie Sore sowed the seeds of a plant called African nightshade, her curiosity about the vegetable was tinged with apprehension. She had never grown it before — in fact, she had never even heard of it before HKI provided her with its seeds.