Helen Keller International

Nutrition: today as many as 318 million face acute levels of food insecurity. Ongoing stressors including climate change, rising inflation, and instability and conflicts around the world have made nutritious food unaffordable or inaccessible to millions of children and families at greatest risk. To reduce malnutrition, helen keller intl partners with governments, communities, community health workers, and community organizations in africa and asia to reach infants, children, mothers, and families with climate-smart farming training, breastfeeding support, assessment and treatment of…

Neglected tropical diseases: neglected tropical diseases including blinding trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, river blindness, schistosomiasis, and intestinal worms impact more than 1 billion people globally. These mainly parasitic, viral, or bacterial diseases that can cause a host of painful physical disabilities, lost economic opportunities, and social stigma are most prevalent in lower income countries that lack adequate healthcare. Helen keller intl partners with ministries of health, local leaders, and communities to prevent, treat, and eliminate these neglected diseases. A cornerstone of…