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A woman looks into a mirror while trying on eyeglass frames

Looking Bravely: The power of a simple pair of eyeglasses

Kindal Adams of our New Jersey vision program shares how the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up new opportunities to reach communities in need.

A child receives drops of vitamin A in Cote d'Ivoire.

Micro but Mighty: How Vitamin A Saves Lives [Photo Essay]

Thanks to a global community of donors, millions of children receive life-saving vitamin A every year. Click through our photo essay to learn more about this mighty micronutrient and how we are helping to improve children’s health and well-being by increasing their vitamin A intake.

Looking Bravely: Ensuring Safe Delivery of Lifesaving Vitamin A

Learn how Helen Keller Intl is adapting our work to ensure safe delivery of vitamin A during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mothers become change agents for health in Mozambique’s Tete Province

“Model mother” volunteers are creating lasting change in Mozambique’s Tete Province, one neighbor at a time.

Mother to mother groups offer support for pregnancy and parenting

A mother to mother support group in rural Kenya is a safe space for women to talk about pregnancy, parenting, and anything else on their minds.

Maternity Open Day: Bringing communities together to understand maternal health

In a small Kenyan village, a day of informational entertainment ends with a tour of the new maternity ward and convinces the community of the benefits of quality maternity care.

Better maternity care means healthier babies and happier mothers

At 7pm on July 20, sixteen year-old Hildah went to a county hospital in western Kenya complaining of abdominal pain. By 9pm, she was a new mother. Here’s how we helped.

Hunger Report: How we are combatting malnutrition and food insecurity

As a global pandemic endangered the world’s most vulnerable people, we responded swiftly, with a science-based strategy to address the far-reaching ripple effects of COVID-19, including rising poverty and extreme hunger.

3 Things We’re Optimistic About in 2021

2020 was a challenging, sad, and scary year, but the new decade dawned with some promising advances. Here are 3 things we’re optimistic about.

Reaching Every Child in Mozambique with Lifesaving Vitamin A

Here’s how we are working to ensure that remote communities like Zambezi are not left out of crucial health care.

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