Helen Keller Intl

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💜 1.4 million women with prenatal supplements
💜 1.6 million children with malnutrition screening and treatment
💜 180,000 people with food and agricultural services

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In just the first year, and with our consortium partners, iDE & Vitamin Angels, Transforming Lives reached:
💜 29.5+ million mothers, babies, and healthcare providers with essential nutrition services and training
💜 25.5 million children with vitamin A supplementation and deworming treatment

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We’re grateful for @churchofjesuschrist.social’s support through the Transforming Lives Through Nutrition program, which delivers targeted, evidence-based nutrition interventions across 12 countries.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Announces Its 2025 Commitment to Giving with $1.58 Billion in Expenditures to Care for Those in Need Report Highlights Welfare, Self-Reliance, Humanitarian Aid, Emergency Relief, and Volunteer Service Worldwide

Just released: @churchofjesuschrist.social announces $1.58B in 2025 charitable giving, highlighting their “long-standing work with organizations recognized for their efficacy, impact, and integrity such as Helen Keller Intl.” 💜

Read more: apnews.com/press-releas...

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From Hunger to Hope: Unlocking Financial Independence in Bangladesh “Some mornings we didn’t know if there would be food by nightfall,” recalls 38-year-old Mazeda. With support from MetLife Foundation, Helen Keller launched an initiative to support families living in poverty in the urban areas in Bangladesh. To date, the initiative has helped over 2,300 family members of the participating women, freeing them from hunger, improving their livelihoods, and giving them hope for their children’s future.

"Some mornings we didn't know if there would be food by nightfall." -Mazeda, mom of 5 in Bangladesh.

Now, she runs a vegetable farm, co-owns a fishing boat, raises livestock — and sleeps peacefully! 💜

"My children are fed, studying, and dreaming of brighter futures."

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Thank you so much for letting us know. We have updated all of our posts elsewhere. #RightsJusticeAction is such an amazing theme. Our co-founder Helen also co-founded the ACLU. 💜

Happy International Women's Day! 💜

We are inspired by our co-founder, Helen Keller. She said, "we are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others." ✨

Join us in continuing her mission: helenkellerintl.org/donate

#InternationalWomensDay #GiveToGain #IWD2026

March is National Nutrition Month! 💜

Last year we screened more than 1.4 million children for acute malnutrition across nine countries! ✨

In Bangladesh, these children who were diagnosed with acute malnutrition have follow up visits showing they have improved. 🇧🇩

#NationalNutritionMonth

Good nutrition is essential for a healthy life. 💜

Last year, we ensured good nutrition for close to 2.6 million children and adults through detection and treatment of malnutrition, farming tools and education, and maternal healthcare. ✨

Happy #NationalNutritionMonth! 🍠

Malnutrition can have long-term health impacts, and in Cambodia 22% of children are stunted because of #malnutrition. That's why we partnered with the government of #Cambodia to improve and expand screening and treatment for malnutrition. 💜

Read Sok Mon's story: vist.ly/4snyy

Did you know that Helen Keller helped found the American Civil Liberties Union (@aclu.org) in 1920? ✨

We honor Helen’s contribution and dedication to make the world a better place today in honor of World Day of Social Justice. 🌎

#HelenKeller #WorldDayOfSocialJustice

In case you missed it, @nytimes.com recently shared a story detailing Cameroon’s progress toward eliminating neglected tropical diseases. These programs are at risk of losing their gains with the US funding cuts if they do not resume soon. 🇨🇲

Read more: vist.ly/4s5jt

Thank you to everyone who helped make this @kristofimpact.bsky.social's #HolidayImpactPrize the most successful yet! ✨

Together we can make a difference. 💜

Speaking Technically: Improving Nutrition through Large-scale Food Fortification in Madagascar Explore the impact of large-scale food fortification in Madagascar to combat malnutrition and improve public health.

Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🔬

Recently we highlighted Britney H. Rasolonirina Andrianjanaka who leads our food fortification work in Madagascar. 💜

Learn about the life changing work of food fortification. ⬇️
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#EveryVoiceInScience #February11

Did you know that undernutrition in pregnancy can increase the risk of child mortality? 👀

That is why Helen Keller is expanding the use of multiple micronutrient supplements to mothers like Sanjita. 💜

Read more about the work happening in Nepal. ⬇️
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$500 funds trachoma surgery for 4 people. That is four people that will no longer have to live with pain—their lives will be forever changed. 💜

Trachoma is painful and can cause blindness. Surgery relieves the pain and protect a person’s sight. ❤️‍🩹

Donate: helenkellerintl.org/donate❤️

Cameroon’s Ministry of Health is now working to secure resources for 2027. While significantly less funding is expected to be available, combining onchocerciasis treatment with mass treatment for worms and other diseases could make the effort more affordable, said Dr. Bassirou Bouba. 🇨🇲

After hearing about the shutdown, an anonymous donor provided us one year of funding that had been previously funded by USAID in Cameroon and an additional five West African countries. This funding covers most of the campaign costs, but it is not enough to support ongoing disease surveillance. ❤️‍🩹

‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear

Cameroon's progress toward eliminating NTDs is at risk. But, if they can be restarted this year, it may be possible to preserve the gains that have been made. ✨

Read more about the impact in this article from @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/h...

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“Giving up is not an option,” said Bassirou Bouba, Helen Keller Intl Program Director in Cameroon. “So we’re finding a way.” 💜

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) were impacted by the USAID cuts in 2025. 💔

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Check out the story behind these photos in our photo essay on our fight against NTDs. helenkellerintl.org/our-stories/...

#WorldNTDDay #UniteActEliminate

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And we have to thank our community partners and workers around the world who carry out these life saving efforts. The success in eliminating these diseases is worth protecting and scaling. ✨

Together, we can make a difference.
Together, we can #BeatNTDs. ❤️‍🩹

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We are so thankful for Project Resource Optimization, the @kristofimpact.bsky.social Prize, and our generous community of supporters for helping us continue this work. #NTDs #WorldNTDDay

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With the abrupt stop of US government funding last year, more than 100 million people’s lives were put at risk. Dependable, predictable funding being cut puts our path to success at risk. 💔 #WorldNTDDay #UniteActEliminate

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Over 58 countries have eliminated at least one #NTD. And the work of the global trachoma community shows just how much progress is being made. In 2002, an estimated 1.5 billion people were at risk of trachoma. Now that number has fallen to 97.1 million—that is a 94% reduction in just 23 years. 🎉

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Today is World Neglected Tropical Diseases (#NTDs) Day. 💜

Over 1 billion people globally are affected by NTDs. These diseases are preventable and treatable, and are closer to being eliminated now more than ever before. Yet, NTDs remain among the most underfunded areas of global health. 🦠

Only a few days left of the #HolidayImpactPrize by @kristofimpact.bsky.social! 💜

The last day to participate in the event is January 31st! Don't wait, join us to help control and eliminate these devastating diseases. ✨

Together we can make a difference: vist.ly/4pfkf 🤍

What is food fortification? 💜

"#FoodFortification is the process of adding essential vitamins and minerals, such as iron and vitamin A, to staple foods that people consume regularly," shares Britney H. Rasolonirina Andrianjanaka. ✨

Learn more about Britney's work: vist.ly/4nvzi

Helen Keller said, “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.” That quote carried us through the year. 📚

Last year tested us all. Yet, we’re still here. 💜

Read “What Gives Me Optimism in 2026” to see what gives us hope: vist.ly/4nrs5

"Thank you, Sightsavers! Their $800,000 match has been met through the Holiday Impact Prize." There is a photo of a mother and her child laughing and smiling. The Helen Keller Intl logo is on the right side.

Our $800,000 match from @sightsavers.bsky.social has been met! 💜

We are so thankful for Sightsavers and @kristofimpact.bsky.social's #HolidayImpactPrize for supporting our neglected tropical disease work. Together we can make a difference. ✨