Across the Horn of Africa - in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia - 22 million people currently face a severe hunger crisis after four consecutive failed rainy seasons.
"We also need to start preparing for the next shock - whether that's the next drought, the next flood or the next crisis." Behailua, is one of the nurses who works there, treating children aged under-5 and their mother's suffering malnutrition."I observe big changes a few days after they've been introduced to the nutritional food supplements," she says."Mothers and children have started to gain weight and are slowly getting back on their feet."
Bergi witnessed the scorching weather decimate her crops and animals. She lives in the South Omo zone, in Ethiopia's southeast, near the border with Kenya. "This is the worst drought, the driest it's ever been in 40 years. So, we are entering a whole new phase in climate change," says WFP's Michael Dunford
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