**Update** 20/04/2017
The New Zealand Government has announced support for our response, for every $1 donated, $1.90 will go directly to the children of East Africa.

Millions of people are in need of vital humanitarian aid across East Africa.

Back-to-back droughts have left hundreds of thousands of children severely malnourished. Now, up to 22 million people across East Africa urgently need your help.

Somalia is now on the brink of a major food crisis. Severe food and water shortages have killed livestock and driven families from their homes.

The drought is forcing children in Ethiopia to drop out of school, leaving them at risk of early marriage and forced migration.

While in Kenya, hundreds of thousands of children are acutely malnourished, with hunger levels expected to worsen over the coming months.