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Helen Keller Intl helps millions of children and families create lasting change in their own lives so they can realize their true potential. Learn more at helenkellerintl.org.
@helenkellerintl.org"In the past, by now I would be worrying about how to feed my children. Now, I am planning for a new roof!" 🌽
With climate-smart farming, Joana's family in Mozambique has enough to eat and extra to sell.
@helenkellerintl.org"Thanks to this association, no student has been expelled for non-payment of school fees." 📚
In Burkina Faso, women save together, build businesses together, and help their families thrive.
Watch their story. 💜🤍
@helenkellerintl.orgAround 1 million people in Bangladesh are waiting for cataract surgery. 👀
In Dinajpur, village eye camps with transportation, no-cost treatment, and follow-up care reached ~2,400 people in a year – many of them older women.
Via The Daily Star:
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@helenkellerintl.org#ICYMI One visit. Two diseases. 👀
In Tanzania, our teams screen for trachoma & cataracts in a single household visit – and our outreach camps now provide 700+ cataract surgeries in six days. 🏥
@helenkellerintl.orgWhat causes avoidable blindness? 🤔
👓 Uncorrected refractive error
👁️ Cataracts
🦠 Trachoma
💊 Vitamin A deficiency
We tackle all four – because 90% of vision loss can be prevented or treated. 💜
@helenkellerintl.orgDid you know? 🤔
Helen Keller co-founded our organization in 1915 to support soldiers blinded in World War I. 🎖️
More than 110 years later, we're still carrying her mission forward.
@helenkellerintl.orgFor nearly two years, Desmond, 59, lived in darkness after cataracts took the sight in both eyes.
After free surgery in Sierra Leone, the first face he saw was his neighbor's son. "I felt like I had seen heaven," he says. 💜🤍 #WorldSightDay👀 #LoveYourEyes
For more: vist.ly/5mhx7
@helenkellerintl.orgFor one woman in a remote village in northern Bangladesh, worsening vision made everyday tasks unsafe. Then, eye care came to her home.
Helen Keller Intl is proud to be part of the @IAPB #LoveYourEyes campaign, having completed over 44,500 school and community eye screenings since July 1.
@helenkellerintl.orgAt Theresa's health center in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, monthly vitamin A reach went from 10–15 children to 100. 💊
Here's how she and her team closed the gap: 👇
@helenkellerintl.orgIt's #NationalChildHealthDay! 🧒🏽
Healthy kids need clear vision to learn & good nutrition to grow.
Last year, we screened 110,000+ US students for vision problems & distributed 94.4M+ vitamin A capsules worldwide. 💜
#NationalChildHealthDay #ChildHealth
@helenkellerintl.org"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it." – Helen Keller 💜
October is #BlindnessAwarenessMonth. 90% of vision loss is avoidable, and our co-founder's words still guide our work to prevent it. 👀
@helenkellerintl.org📰 The Independent spotlights Sierra Leone: the first lower-middle-income country in Africa to fully integrate prenatal vitamins with 15 essential vitamins & minerals into its national health system.
We're proud to support the Ministry of Health's scale-up. 💜
@helenkellerintl.orgWhat are multiple micronutrient supplements? 🤔 They provide 15 essential vitamins and minerals to support healthy pregnancies. 🤰🏽 We're expanding access to help improve the health of moms and babies. 💜🤍
@helenkellerintl.orgA vitamin A capsule costs about $1. 💵
That one dose helps protect a child's vision, strengthens their immune system & can reduce child mortality by up to 25%. 💊
Last year, we distributed 94.4 million+ capsules to children under five. 💜
@helenkellerintl.orgWhen women have the tools & knowledge to grow their own food & start small businesses, they can improve their family's nutrition & earn an income. 🌱 We partner with women to build skills in climate-smart, nutrition-sensitive agriculture so they can grow more & better food. 👩🏽🌾
@helenkellerintl.orgHeading to #MNF2026 in Accra?
Find Helen Keller Intl at Booth 21 from Sept. 28–30, plus:
➡️2 hosted symposia
➡️5 partner symposia
➡️20+ presentations and posters from 7 countries
➡️Our leaders at the opening & closing ceremonies
See our full schedule: vist.ly/5ju28
@helenkellerintl.orgWhat is mass drug administration? 🤔
This key strategy in the fight against #NTDs involves giving medication to everyone in a community to treat & prevent diseases so they won't spread. 💊
We support mass drug administration to help give everyone the chance to live a life free of disease. 💜🤍
@helenkellerintl.orgOne prenatal pill, 15 essential nutrients. In Cambodia, we're helping shift from iron–folic acid supplements to comprehensive prenatal vitamins for healthier pregnancies. Watch to learn more.
@helenkellerintl.orgWhat are multiple micronutrient supplements? 🤔 They provide 15 essential vitamins and minerals to support healthy pregnancies. 🤰🏽 We're expanding access to help improve the health of moms and babies. 💜🤍
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