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Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide and is a frequent cause of new cases of blindness among adults ages...
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Empowering Women through Homestead Food Production
Helen Keller International's "Making Markets Work for Women" project aims to economically empower landless, indigenous women in Bangladesh through ...
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HKI on ABC World News
On Thanksgiving, November 24, 2011 ABC's World News aired a segment about Helen Keller International's orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) program in...
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Vitamin A Supplementation
Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) is the number one cause of childhood blindness; it also
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Children Without Worms
At least 600 million school-age children around the world are at risk of infection from intestinal worms. These parasites rob young children of the...
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Trachoma
Helen Keller International works to control the blinding disease, trachoma, by implementing the WHO-endorsed SAFE strategy (Surgery-Antibiotics-Fac...
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Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotatoes
Compared to the traditionally-grown white-fleshed sweetpotatos, orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes have high levels of beta-carotene, which the body conv...
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ChildSight®
Jose gets free eyeglasses thanks to Helen Keller International's ChildSight® program, which serves at-risk children living in urban and rural pover...
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About Helen Keller International
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Founded in 1915 by Helen Keller and George Kessler, Helen Keller International (HKI) is among the oldest international NGOs (non-governmental organizations) devoted to preventing blindness and reducing malnutrition in the world.HKI is headquartered in New York City, and has programs in 22 countries: 13 in Africa, 8 in Asia-Pacific, and the United States.
HKI builds local capacity by establishing sustainable programs, and provides scientific and technical assistance and data to governments and international, regional, national and local organizations around the world.
HKI programs combat malnutrition, cataract, trachoma, onchocerciasis (river blindness) and refractive error. The goal of all HKI programs is to reduce suffering of those without access to needed health or vision care and ultimately, to help lift people from poverty.