High School Students Raise Funds and Awareness about HKI!
Nicole and Faith are in twelfth grade at Westmount Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Canada. They are both 17 years old and enrolled in a World Issues course this year. The course taught them about...
View ArticleA nocturnal Lymphatic Filariasis study
This blog was prepared by HKI Field Intern and Guest Blogger, Justin Graves. Justin spent six months working with HKI’s Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) team in Guinea and is currently an MPH...
View ArticleMothers of Pout: Making a Difference in the Fight against Malnutrition
Amy Diallo is from the small village of Pout, which lies about 30 miles east of Dakar, Senegal’s ocean-side capital. The commercial farms in this region produce watermelon, coconut, grapefruit and...
View ArticleCameroon Completes its NTD Map
This article was written by Emily Toubali and Claire Coveney from HKI and was originally published in the March/April 2013 article of USAID’s Frontlines (scroll to second article). After flipping tens...
View ArticleIn the Field with HKI-Sierra Leone
This blog post was written by Anitra Sprauten. Anitra graduated from Bowdoin College in 2012 with a degree in Government & Legal Studies and French. Originally from New York, she is finishing up...
View ArticleSalamata’s Story: How One Mother Makes a Difference
In her village in Burkina Faso in western Africa, Ouoba Salamata is a Grandmother—with a capital “G.” Not only does she care for her immediate family, but also for her entire village. And, like many...
View ArticleFight Malnutrition by Empowering Mothers Around the World
This posted was originally written for the Huffington Post by HKI President and CEO Kathy Spahn. View original post. Mother’s Day is a time to come together as families and friends to celebrate some of...
View ArticleCanadian Government Invests in the Power of Agriculture to Improve Nutrition
I started with Helen Keller International in April 1994 – as country director in Bangladesh. One of the most exciting programs I inherited was our home gardening initiative – which has evolved to...
View ArticleChecking in on the Human Yardstick
This blog post was originally written by Victoria Quinn for the Huffington Post. View original post. In May 2012 I wrote a piece for The Huffington Post about the need for G8 leaders to position...
View ArticleCanadian Government Recommits to Vitamin A Supplementation
One of the most fulfilling experiences in my career was on a June day in 1999 on the far side of the Niger River in Niamey, Niger, when the President of the Republic launched National Micronutrient...
View ArticleTimbuktu: 15 years on
The last time I was in Timbuktu was 15 years ago when HKI was just developing programs in Mali and we were providing technical assistance to a partner NGO working in the region to carry out a baseline...
View ArticleOur Short Trip to Timbuktu
This blog post was written by Douglas Steinberg, HKI’s Regional Director of West Africa. TIMBUKTU, JULY 1: Our short trip to Timbuktu today has brought back memories from when I worked in Mali in the...
View ArticleTimbuktu, Terrorism, Trachoma
For centuries Mali has been known for the mythical city of Timbuktu. Unfortunately, events in the last two years have also made it known for terrorism. In public health circles it has long been known...
View ArticleThe Front Line of Eye Health
This blog post was written by Douglas Steinberg, HKI’s Regional Director of West Africa. MAMBIRI, KITA (MALI), July 3, 2013. When we arrived at the community health center in the village of Mambiri,...
View ArticleNational Sovereignty, Nutrition and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Flying into Niamey, the capital of Niger, always feels like coming home. Since starting development work in 1981 it is the country that has the most marked me and where I have traveled the most...
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