Successive poor harvests put more than 3.5 million Nigeriens - about 20 percent of that country's entire population - at risk for chronic malnutrition and other dire health problems. Children, already Niger's most vulnerable population, have been most affected of all. Today, Mercy Corps is working to help determined Nigeriens build locally sustainable, resilient health and nutrition networks so that communities can cope with crisis - and mothers can provide a healthier future for their young children.