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[Helen Keller Intl @HelenKellerIntl]

Last year, we supported 27 million people with essential vision services to ensure clear #vision & prevent #blindness. 👓

Learn more about how we ensure that children & families have the support they need in our #AnnualReport. 💜🤍

Read the report: https://t.co/zamxL4OiEy

[Act to End NTDs | West @ActNTDsWest]

Onchocerciasis or river blindness is caused by biting black flies. Hear from a program participant on how the @ActNTDsWest program was able to help her after she contracted this #NTD.

https://t.co/CRUutxBRVC 

#BeatNTDs @HelenKellerIntl @USAID @USAIDGH

[Helen Keller Intl @HelenKellerIntl]

This #GivingTuesday, help provide 3x the support for children & families in urgent need. 👨🏾‍👩🏾‍👧🏾‍👦🏾

Your gift will be matched 2-for-1 through midnight on November 28. 🎁

You can be a #ForceForGood. 💜

Dontate now: https://t.co/u7dVQwoCR0

[Helen Keller Intl @HelenKellerIntl]

Meet Jacqueline Hawagui! She lives in the Far North region of #Cameroon & is expecting her first child. 🤰🏿

Through our partnership with @UNICEF, Jacqueline received #prenatal vitamins & learned about #maternal & child #health & #nutrition. 💜

[Helen Keller Intl @HelenKellerIntl]

More than 1 billion people are living with at least 1 #NTD. 🌍

We are working with partners to treat, prevent & #BeatNTDs to ensure that no one is deprived of the opportunity to live a healthy life. 💜

Learn more: https://t.co/Ts1UwBNu2o

[Helen Keller Intl @HelenKellerIntl]

When Treasure Winner’s #glasses broke, her family couldn’t afford to replace them. 👓

Two years ago, Helen Keller Intl began working in #Cameroon to provide #VisionScreenings & #eyeglasses to students like her. 🤓

Read her story to learn more:
https://t.co/k1JSEdT9sN

[Helen Keller Intl @HelenKellerIntl]

Providing #breastfeeding counseling immediately after birth, and scaling up breastfeeding support, is vital to saving children from malnutrition. 🤱 @WABAsecretariat #WBW2023 #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2023

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

World Breastfeeding Week. Breastfeeding at work, works! Supporting lactating mothers - Fathers, employers, colleagues... have a critical role to play.

[Helen Keller Intl @HelenKellerIntl]

Today is #HelenKeller’s birthday! 🎉

She wrote: “I do not like the world as it is; so I am trying to make it a little more as I want it.”

Join us in celebrating her birthday: https://t.co/isQggdodgY

Happy birthday, Helen! 🎂

#HelenKeller #HappyBirthdayHelenKeller

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

Field visit to Turkana and Kakuma. Northen regions of Kenya have been devastated by droughts. Acute Malnutrition rates are as high as 40% in some counties. #Unicef and partners' support to the communities is helping the recovery and resilience in the affected areas

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

Are you regularly enrolled in a Master or PhD program in Nutrition, Public Health, Food Science, dietetics or epidemiology?
This one is for you!
Register for the Nutrition Summer School which will be held at the University of Dschang🇨🇲
Deadline for registration: 15/04/2023
More👇

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

@HelenKellerIntl Board of Trustees visit #Cameroon

Today, a delegation led by the CEO and President Kathy Spahn met with @MinsanteCMR @DrManaouda to discuss the organisation's contribution to
#BeatNTDs, support #VitaminA Supplementation & #eyecare in country.

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

@HelenKellerIntl Board of Trustees visit #Cameroon 🇨🇲 2️⃣

The members of the board have met the community and handed certificate of appreciation to community drug distributorsp for their amazing contribution to #BeatNTDs in #Okola health district.
@USAIDGH @ActNTDsWest @fhi360

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

@HelenKellerIntl and @Univ_Dschang sign a Memorandum of Understanding

The Agreement is centered around support to scientific #research and contribution to professional training of the University's graduates.
Members of the delegation were awarded by the academic institution.

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

A pair of #glasses 👓 can make a significant difference in a #student's life.
@HelenKellerIntl Board of Trustees presented medical lenses 👓 to beneficiary children 🧑🏽‍🏫 at the government bilingual high school of Dschang 🇨🇲 as part of the #BrightSight project.

[Épée Emilienne @EpeeEmilienne]

08 Mars 2023. Journée utile à s'occuper de la vue des scientifiques de demain au Lycée Bilingue de Dschang.
#BrightSight
#Sante Oculaire en milieu scolaire
#Jeunesse féminine inspirante

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

Today, @HelenKellerIntl #Cameroon participated in a 4-day capacity building workshop on transitioning #vitaminA supplementation campaigns to #routine for greater impact and #sustainability.

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

The second phase of the school-based eye care project #BrightSight implemented by @HelenKellerIntl in #Cameroon🇨🇲 is launched.
Read more: https://t.co/PY8HUJUoDl

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

Implemented in the West and Center regions of Cameroon 🇨🇲, this 2nd phase will help over 3️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ receive free eye checkup. #Children identified with refractive errors will be granted no-cost #eyeglasses 👓 and those with complex eye issues will be treated.
#Health #education

[Ismael Teta, PhD @ismaelteta]

@HelenKellerIntl, @MinsanteCMR & @minesec2 launched in #Dschang, the 2nd phase of the #BrightSight project aiming at providing inclusive #eyecare services in #Cameroon's schools
Over 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ teachers & school nurses are trained on how to identify and refer #students with 👁️ issues