Helen Keller Intl

Today is World Health Day! 🌍

This year’s theme is from the World Health Organization (WHO): Together for health. Stand with science. 🔬

Neglected tropical diseases affect more than 1 billion people worldwide, and science has the power to protect them. These diseases are preventable and treatable, thanks to science. 🧪

Science is at the heart of everything we do. It's the evidence behind every treatment we deliver for trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and other neglected tropical diseases. It's what guides our nutrition programs and informs the partnerships we build with governments and communities around the world. 💜

After last year's abrupt funding cuts put over 100 million people at risk, your support helped us build a bridge — allowing science-led care to continue for another year. ✨

Science powers health. Together we can make sure it reaches everyone. 🩺

[Image descriptions: 1. A health worker helps a young girl take medicine. 2. A close-up of a hand holding medication alongside a cup of water. 3. A woman holds up an educational poster about lymphatic filariasis.]

Nicholas Kristof Kristof weekend The New York Times column highlights the positive impact we can have in the US and abroad including two cost-effective nutrition solutions:

For $380 million, less than five hours of war, we could provide vitamin A supplementation for the 190 million children who need it. Helen Keller Intl, a nonprofit engaged in this work, says this would prevent up to 480,000 child deaths each year and virtually eliminate blindness from vitamin A deficiency.

For $4.3 billion, less than three days of the war bill, we could largely end the most terrible form of malnutrition, called severe wasting. That would save about 1.5 million children’s lives annually. We would accomplish something historic: For the first time in the history of humanity, large numbers of children would no longer be starving to death.

Learn more: https://helenkellerintl.org/newsroom/nyt-editorial-champions-helen-kellers-cost-effective-life-saving-health-interventions/

Meet Jemina. She is a health care worker who is determined to reach every child with Vitamin A. 💜

"I can't let difficult conditions prevent our community from accessing adequate nutrition," said Jemima. ✨

Read about her work in Madagascar. 📰

[Image descriptions: 1. A woman in a vest is leaning against a post with a tree nearby. 2. A woman drops the contents of a vitamin A capsule into a child's mouth while outside.]

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"Some mornings we didn't know if there would be food by nightfall." said Mazeda, a mother of five in Bangladesh. 🇧🇩

She used to wonder if there would be enough food, but now, she runs a vegetable farm, co-owns a fishing boat, raises livestock — and sleeps peacefully! 💜

Now, Mazeda shares, "My children are fed, studying, and dreaming of brighter futures." 🥰

Read how 500 women launched their own businesses, established a community savings groups, and built sustainable livelihoods—impacting over 2,300 family members. Link below. ✨

[Image description: A man and woman stand together surrounded by their three goats and cow.]

https://helenkellerintl.org/our-stories/unlocking-financial-independence-in-bangladesh/