HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL
Programs
Program 1 [2018]
TO PREVENT BLINDNESS, HKI TREATS CATARACT, REFRACTIVE ERROR AND DIABETIC RETINOPATHY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. IN A WORLD WHERE MORE THAN 36 MILLION PEOPLE ARE TOTALLY BLIND, EIGHT OUT OF TEN ARE FROM CAUSES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED, TREATED OR CURED. IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 217 MILLION CHILDREN AND ADULTS HAVE LOW VISION, RESULTING IN 253 MILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY VISUALLY IMPAIRED. IN 2017 ALONE, MORE THAN 40,000 CATARACT SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED IN MYANMAR AT HKI SUPPORTED EYE HEALTH FACILITIES. IN ADDITION, HKI'S DIABETIC RETINOPATHY PROGRAMS IN BANGLADESH AND INDONESIA CONTINUED TO SCREEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS FOR DIABETIC EYE DISEASE AND TO PROVIDE TREATMENT TO THOSE REQUIRING CARE. REFRACTIVE ERROR THREATENS THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF COUNTLESS CHILDREN, OFTEN RESULTING IN LOST EDUCATION AND FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, LOWER PRODUCTIVITY, EMOTIONAL FRUSTRATION AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION. BY ENGAGING STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, HKI'S CHILDSIGHT PROGRAM IN ASIA PACIFIC AND THE US "BRINGS EDUCATION INTO FOCUS TM " FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE VISION SCREENINGS, REFRACTIONS, EYEGLASSES, AND REFERRALS TO OTHER NECESSARY EYE CARE. GLOBALLY, OVER HALF A MILLION STUDENTS HAD THEIR VISION SCREENED BY TEACHERS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND EYE HEALTH CLINICIANS TRAINED AND SUPPORTED BY HKI, AND, IF REQUIRED, RECEIVED EYEGLASSES OR MORE ADVANCED CARE. IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE, WE SCREENED THE VISION OF MORE THAN 66,000 STUDENTS LIVING IN SOME OF OUR COUNTRY'S POOREST COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDED FREE EYEGLASSES TO APPROXIMATELY 15,000 OF THEM.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$3.9MProgram 2 [2018]
TO REDUCE MALNUTRITION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD, HKI PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NATIONAL ENTITIES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT OFFICES, IN AFRICA AND ASIA PACIFIC TO IMPROVE THE NUTRITION OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN AS WELL AS THEIR MOTHERS AND OTHER VULNERABLE FAMILY MEMBERS. HKI CONTINUED TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS IN A NUMBER OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES SUPPORTING THE TWICE YEARLY DISTRIBUTION OF VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTS THAT COMBAT CHILD MORTALITY AND NUTRITIONAL BLINDNESS ESPECIALLY IN YOUNGER CHILDREN FROM 6 TO 59 MONTHS OF AGE. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR SUPPORT TO GOVERNMENTS AND PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES IN LARGE SCALE FOOD FORTIFICATION, WHICH IS OCCURRING IN 19 COUNTRIES ACROSS AFRICA AND REACHES HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF CONSUMERS WITH VITAMIN A FORTIFIED COOKING OIL AND IRON FOLATE FORTIFIED WHEAT FLOUR. OVER THE LAST YEAR HKI'S 'AGRICULTURE FOR NUTRITION' PROGRAMS, INCLUDING BOTH OUR HOMESTEAD FOOD PRODUCTION AND ORANGE-FLESHED SWEETPOTATO MODELS, WERE ACTIVE ACROSS A NUMBER OF AFRICAN AND ASIA PACIFIC COUNTRIES. AS A RESULT, WE ESTIMATE TO HAVE REACHED A GRAND CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION FAMILIES WITH BETTER ACCESS TO MICRONUTRIENT RICH FOODS SINCE WE FIRST BEGAN SUPPORTING THESE APPROACHES MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$44.9MProgram 3 [2018]
ANOTHER ASPECT OF HKI'S WORK TO PREVENT BLINDNESS AND MALNUTRITION IS OUR WORK IN THE CONTROL, PREVENTION AND MORBIDITY MANAGEMENT RELATED TO NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. OUR INTEGRATED NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE (NTD) CONTROL PROGRAM USING MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION (MDA) ADDRESSES ONCHOCERCIASIS AND TRACHOMA (CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO BLINDNESS), AS WELL AS SCHISTOSOMIASIS AND SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS (CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO MALNUTRITION), IN ADDITION TO LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS (A CONDITION THAT LEADS TO MORBIDITY AND DISABILITY). DURING 2017 ALONE, HKI WORKED WITH MINISTRIES OF HEALTH TO ADMINISTER OVER 110 MILLION INDIVIDUAL TREATMENTS FOR THESE FIVE NTDS IN SIX AFRICAN COUNTRIES (BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, ETHIOPIA, MALI, NIGER, AND NIGERIA) CONTRIBUTING GREATLY TO NATIONAL EFFORTS TOWARDS THEIR CONTROL AND ELIMINATION. HKI IS ALSO INVOLVED IN MORBIDITY MANAGEMENT AND DISABILITY PREVENTION RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO TRACHOMA AND IS WORKING TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS IN THIS AREA IN SEVEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES (BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, ETHIOPIA, MALI, NIGER, NIGERIA AND TANZANIA). TO THIS END, OVER 2017 ALONE HKI SUPPORTED THE SCREENING OF NEARLY ONE MILLION INDIVIDUALS FOR TRICHIASIS (A BLINDING CONDITION RESULTING FROM TRACHOMA) AND SURGERY FOR MORE THAN 36,000 AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$22.7M
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