Thanks Mom
In celebration of Mother’s Day, HKI recognizes the crucial role mothers play in ensuring their children receive the help they need to overcome blindness and malnutrition. We pay tribute to all mothers...
View ArticleShow Your Newborn Love
Doug Steinberg travels with NY Times Journalist Nicholas Kristof to Burkina Faso. There, he visits a village transformed by HKI's Homestead Food Production program; mothers are learning to grow and...
View ArticleEnd of the Adventure: Five Strategies for Fighting Malnutrition
The last installment in a series of blog posts chronicling Shawn Baker and Doug Steinberg’s travels with Nick Kristof. Doug reflects on how HKI is preventing blindness and reducing malnutrition for the...
View ArticleThankful For Orange-fleshed Sweetpotatoes!
Find out how HKI is promoting the production and consumption of vitamin A-rich orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes. Continue reading →
View ArticleHow to Make a Difference: Meet HKI’s Jennifer Nielsen
Meet Jennifer Nielsen, Senior Program Manager for Nutrition and Health for Helen Keller International, and find out her most gratifying moment at HKI and how she thinks HKI has a culture of...
View ArticleA Human Yardstick
In advance of the G8 summit, HKI's Victoria Quinn makes the case that improving nutrition during the critical 1,000 day window is one of the best investments we can make to help people live healthier,...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Children of the Sahel
HKI's Jennifer Nielsen blogs for the Huffington Post about the crisis in the Sahel. Continue reading →
View ArticleEyes on Nutrition
Today is World Sight Day which is celebrated every year on the second Thursday in October to raise awareness about avoidable blindness and visual impairment. I’ve worn glasses since I was a young...
View ArticleSalamata’s Story: How One Mother Makes a Difference
In her village in Burkina Faso in western Africa, Ouoba Salamata is a Grandmother—with a capital “G.” Not only does she care for her immediate family, but also for her entire village. And, like many...
View ArticleCanadian Government Invests in the Power of Agriculture to Improve Nutrition
I started with Helen Keller International in April 1994 – as country director in Bangladesh. One of the most exciting programs I inherited was our home gardening initiative – which has evolved to...
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