In the mission to save children from malnutrition we must pay attention to the primary caretaker’s wellbeing and in most societies today that is still the mother. If the women in charge of raising the next generation are destitute, uneducated, overwhelmed by unintended pregnancies, inadequate healthcare, lack of proper nutrition, no access to proper sanitation and no support from their partner and society, they can only achieve so much with their will and love alone.