Pastoralist women carry water in jerry cans and guide their cattle through the semi-desert region of Diffa in Eastern #Niger. In previous years, this region was covered in desert grasses; this year, much of the pasture is already gone. Help is desperately needed in #Niger and around the world: http://bit.ly/xe0ElZ Photo Credits: 2012 Melanie Brooks/CARE

Pastoralist women carry water in jerry cans and guide their cattle through the semi-desert region of Diffa in Eastern #Niger. In previous years, this region was covered in desert grasses; this year, much of the pasture is already gone. Help is desperately needed in #Niger and around the world: http://bit.ly/xe0ElZ

Photo Credits: 2012 Melanie Brooks/CARE