Helen Keller International is an international NGO that combats the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition by establishing evidence-based programs in vision, health, and nutrition. The organization's mission is to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.

Helen Keller International

Helen Keller, our co-founder, envisioned a world without barriers
to human potential. Guided by her fierce optimism, Helen Keller Intl has been working on the front lines of health and well-being for more than 100 years. We deliver life-changing health care to vulnerable families in places where the need is great, but access is limited. Our proven, science-based programs empower people to create opportunities in their own lives.

Since we were founded in 1915, our work has evolved from providing assistance to soldiers blinded during their service in World War I. Today, our programs prioritize preventing and treating vision loss and blindness—as well as addressing major global health problems such as malnutrition and neglected diseases that threaten sight, productivity, and well-being. 

In the U.S., Africa, and Asia, Helen Keller International’s proven, science-based programs empower people to create opportunities in their own lives and build lasting change. We build the capacity of local government, non-profit and private sector systems and infrastructure, and promote the development of sustained, large scale programs that deliver effective solutions to preventable vision loss and malnutrition.

Guided by Helen’s vision and optimism, we believe it is possible to eliminate preventable vision loss, malnutrition, and neglected tropical diseases and improve the well-being of millions of children and vulnerable families.


Helen Keller Intl

Wednesday Wisdom from our co-founder, Helen Keller, who overcame tremendous obstacles to her health and wellbeing – and helped millions of others to do the same. 💜🤍

Today, Helen Keller Intl is building resilient health and food systems to ensure that even families facing the greatest challenges can have quality care and nutritious diets. 🥗

It will take all of us working together to achieve these goals. 🤝

Learn more about how you can contribute and be a force for good: https://lnkd.in/eyaWZMWx

#WednesdayWisdom #HelenKeller #nutrition #health #ForceForGood


Vitamin A is essential to child development and health. 🧒🏿

Without sufficient vitamin A, 200,000 children die each year because their immune systems have not developed properly. 😔

A twice-yearly dose of vitamin A can reduce childhood mortality by 25%. 💊

We reach more than 30 million children a year with vitamin A so they can grow up healthy and have the opportunity to reach their true potential. 🤍💜

Right now, all donations are being matched, so your impact goes further. 💝

Donate today: https://bit.ly/3FOkQg2 

#VitaminA #ChildHealth #ForceForGood #TruePotential #HelenKeller #nutrition #health

Every day, members of the Helen Keller Intl community are choosing to be forces for good. 🤝

Community health heroes, entrepreneurs, parents, youth, and Helen Keller staff work tirelessly to help improve health, nutrition, and vision for people in their communities, countries, and around the world. 🌍

We’re highlighting some of the incredible contributions made by members of our community this year. 💜🤍

Read more: https://lnkd.in/e6CMkdrw

#ForceForGood #YearInReview #HelenKeller #health #vision #nutrition

Helen Keller Intl launched a project in Bangladesh focused on improving support for and investment in assistive technology, which helps people communicate, move, see, and more. 👓

A hybrid workshop for project partners brought together representatives from Bangladesh’s Ministry of Social Welfare, the Jatiyo Protibondhi Unnayan Foundation, UNOPS, and ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology, among others. 🤝

Participants discussed how to best collaborate on the project, which is supported by USAID and UNOPS, and developed a list of current challenges related to assistive technology and recommendations for moving forward. 💜🤍

#AssitiveTechnology #DisabilityInclusion #Bangladesh #collaboration


Trachoma was once pervasive in Mali. Now, millions of Malians are no longer at risk of losing their vision to this blinding disease after the country announced its elimination earlier this year. 🎉

We’re proud to have been part of the coalition of partners that supported the Malian government to accomplish this historic milestone. 🤝

Watch our new video to learn more about what it took to eliminate trachoma from government officials, international partners & healthcare workers involved in this incredible achievement. 🎞️ 

Learn more: https://vist.ly/ps6c

The Carter Center Sightsavers 
#trachoma #Mali #BeatNTDs #EndNTDs

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