Helen Keller Intl

Maimouna, age 5, stopped playing after picking up intestinal worms in central Mali. One dose of albendazole during our vitamin A and deworming campaign cleared them. 💊 Now, Mali is close to eliminating intestinal worms as a public health problem. 💜🤍 Learn more: vist.ly/5qd92

#ICYMI 🍠 At one school in Sierra Leone, Tuesday means sweet potato day. Kids grow their own vitamin A-rich lunch with their teacher, Aunty Sento, and sell the extra to buy school supplies. Read her story: vist.ly/5q982

Twice a year, one small capsule protects a child's sight & life. 💊 Fatou Ndiaye leads our vitamin A work, reaching millions of children in 14 African countries a year. Learn why she calls it “simple, affordable & lifesaving”: vist.ly/5p26r

“I can see my grandchildren clearly again.” Khaja, 65, was losing her sight until a free eye camp in Dinajpur found severe cataracts. She got transport, surgery & follow-up care at no cost. Now she recognizes her grandchildren from afar. With Gausul Azam BNSB Eye Hospital & Cure Blindness Project.

“I'm going back to school to see my friends and keep pursuing my dreams.” 📚 After five years of struggling to see, Chimène, 15, had to leave school. Since free cataract surgery in Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire, she can see clearly again. 💜🤍

"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. vist.ly/5np3d 💜🤍 #WorldFoodDay

"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. 💜🤍 vist.ly/5ngxh #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen

Around 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: vist.ly/5nc8h #LoveYourEyes #EyeHealth

#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. 🏥 vist.ly/5n6xz #BlindnessAwarenessMonth #Trachoma #EyeHealth #Tanzania

What 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. 💜 #BlindnessAwarenessMonth

Did 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. 💜🤍 #BlindnessAwarenessMonth

For 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

For 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.

At 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: 👇 vist.ly/5m9b5

It'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

"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. 👀

📰 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. 💜 vist.ly/5kf58

What 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. 💜🤍

A 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. 💜 vist.ly/5kcfr

When 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. 👩🏽‍🌾

Heading 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

What 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. 💜🤍

One 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. Music: vist.ly/5jjse #MaternalHealth #Nutrition #Cambodia

What 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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When 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. 👩🏽‍🌾

What 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. 💜🤍

World Patient Safety Day: Safe care requires intentionality: trained health workers, careful screening, and real follow–up. That's the difference between a program that helps and one that harms. More: vist.ly/5ishk #WorldPatientSafetyDay #GlobalHealth #HelenKellerIntl

At one health center in rural Nigeria, routine vitamin A used to reach just 10–15 kids a month. Now it reaches 100. Meet Theresa, the health worker helping make that happen → vist.ly/5iprc #ChildHealth #Nigeria

What 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. 💜🤍

When 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. 👩🏽‍🌾

What 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. 💜🤍

What is vitamin A? 🤔 This essential micronutrient helps protect children's vision, strengthen their immune systems, and can reduce child mortality by up to 25%. 💪 And it only costs about $1 a dose. 💵 Last year we distributed more than 94.4 million vitamin A capsules to children under five. 💊

The 1st 1,000 days are critical for growth & development. 🧒🏽 Luckily, 5 proven solutions can prevent malnutrition: 1️⃣ Prenatal vitamins🤰🏽 2️⃣ Support breastfeeding🤱🏽 3️⃣ Vitamin A 💊 4️⃣ Enrich & protect children's diets 🍠 5️⃣ Diagnose & treat malnutrition. 👩🏽‍⚕️

What 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. 💜🤍

Did you know? 🤔 When Helen Keller graduated from Radcliffe College in 1904, she became the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. 🎓

When 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. 👩🏽‍🌾

Accessing vision care is a challenge for many families at Chancellor Avenue School in Newark, NJ. 🏫 We're partnering with the school to meet children where they are with no-cost vision care & glasses to help remove barriers to a quality education. 🤓 helenkellerintl.org/our-stories/...

What 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. 💜🤍

What is vitamin A? 🤔 This essential micronutrient helps protect children's vision, strengthen their immune systems, and can reduce child mortality by up to 25%. 💪 And it only costs about $1 a dose. 💵 Last year we distributed more than 94.4 million vitamin A capsules to children under five. 💊

One in seven people worldwide is living with vision loss because they lack access to care. 👀 But a staggering 90% of vision loss is avoidable. 🤓 Last year, we supported 22.7 million people around the world with essential vision care to ensure clear vision and prevent blindness. 💜🤍

Students in the US are heading back to school. But for those who can't see clearly, engaging in the classroom can be a struggle. 🏫 Last year, we provided no-cost vision screenings to more than 110,000 US students & eyeglasses to those who needed them to support their education. 🤓

The 1st 1,000 days are critical for growth & development. 🧒🏽 Luckily, 5 proven solutions can prevent malnutrition: 1️⃣ Prenatal vitamins🤰🏽 2️⃣ Support breastfeeding🤱🏽 3️⃣ Vitamin A 💊 4️⃣ Enrich & protect children's diets 🍠 5️⃣ Diagnose & treat malnutrition. 👩🏽‍⚕️

What 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. 💜🤍

Wednesday Wisdom from our co-founder, Helen Keller, "Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye." 💜🤍 #WednesdayWisdom #HelenKeller #HelenKellerQuotes

When 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. 👩🏽‍🌾

What 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. 💜🤍

Over 2 billion people are deficient in at least 1 essential micronutrient. 🌍 Fortifying foods families already eat is a cost-effective, scalable approach to address hidden hunger. 💪 For over 2 decades, we've worked with govts & partners to nourish families at scale. 💜🤍 vist.ly/5fwgf

One in seven people worldwide is living with vision loss because they lack access to care. 👀 But a staggering 90% of vision loss is avoidable. 🤓 Last year, we supported 22.7 million people around the world with essential vision care to ensure clear vision and prevent blindness. 💜🤍

What is vitamin A? 🤔 This essential micronutrient helps protect children's vision, strengthen their immune systems, and can reduce child mortality by up to 25%. 💪 And it only costs about $1 a dose. 💵 Last year we distributed more than 94.4 million vitamin A capsules to children under five. 💊