Helen Keller International

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

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Helens Gifts Save Sight and Lives

Helen’s Gifts, inspired by the example of our co-founder, Helen Keller, offer a great way to send heartfelt holiday wishes to family and friends — and to help prevent blindness and deliver essential health care to disadvantaged children and their families in 21 countries, including right here in the U.S.

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Latest Updates

Helen Keller is the American dream

Early last month, the Texas State Board of Education voted, preliminarily, to eliminate Helen Keller from the history curriculum. Our Chief Executive responded with an inspiring editorial in the Dallas Morning News.

Meet our visionaries

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.

World Sight Day 2018

On World Sight Day, Helen Keller International began delivering services in schools in Saint Paul and Minneapolis to help improve the vision of vulnerable children.