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25-year-old Bekemalicha with her son in the remote village of Badanrero, northern Kenya. Bekemalicha says: “Lots of our animals have died … which is affecting our health and the health of our children, because we depend on the animals and their products.”

In the village of Badanrero, a Kenyan Red Cross nutritionist measures the circumference of the children’s arms, their height and their weight. Many children are small for their age and underweight. They are given a two-week supply of Plumpy’Nut ,  a peanut-based paste designed to increase their weight.

People waiting to receive supplies from the government in the town of Dilla, northwest Somalia. Nearly three million people are facing crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity, putting them at risk of famine.

200 families receive supplies from the government in the town of Dilla, northwest Somalia.

A boy enters an empty well in the village of Garabis, Somaliland A boy enters an empty well in the village of Garabis, Somaliland. Throughout the area most wells have dried up, which has resulted in the death of more than half of the cattle. Families have lost their income, along with their main source of food and milk.

In the town of Dilla, northwest Somalia, animals are dying of hunger and thirst. Millions of people in Somalia are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Somali Red Crescent Society is present throughout the country, supporting communities to respond to the many and growing challenges they are facing.

Ikran Mohamed, aged 19, takes care of her sheep in the town of Dilla, northwest Somalia. Out of the 200 she had, more than 100 sheep have already died of hunger and thirst. Nearly three million people are at risk of famine in Somalia, in a crisis caused by insecurity, drought and lack of development.

To assist families in the district of Matabaan, Somalia, the International Committee of the Red Cross is providing temporary “onion tanks”. These are flexible, open-top storage tanks that enable communities to store water. The tanks can hold 5,000 litres of water pumped from underground, ensuring that there is more water for animals to drink.

Photo credits and captions, part 1 Caption: 25-year-old Bekemalicha and her son in the remote village of Badanrero, northern Kenya, April 2017. Photo: Riccardo Gangale / British Red Cross Photo 2 Caption: A small child being weighed by a Kenyan Red Cross nutritionist in Badanrero, Kenya, April 2017. Photo: Riccardo Gangale / British Red Cross Photo 3 Caption: People waiting to receive supplies from the government in the town of Dilla, northwest Somalia, April 2017. Photo: Arie Kievit / Netherlands Red Cross Photo 4 Caption: 200 families receive supplies from the government in the town of Dilla, Somalia, April 2017. Important legal note This photograph is fully protected by copyright. Schools and other educational organisations are free to use it for educational use. The licence does not extend beyond this use. This means that anyone wishing to put the image on a website, crop or edit it, or use it in any other way, must first contact the copyright holder and negotiate a licence for the use they require. This resource and other free educational materials are available at redcross.org.uk/education The British Red Cross Society is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SCO37738). 1

Photo credits and captions, part 2 Caption: A boy enters a dried-up well in the village of Garabis, Somaliland, April 2017. Photo: Arie Kievit / Netherlands Red Cross Photo 6 Caption: Animals who have died of hunger and thirst in the town of Dilla, Somalia, April 2017. Photo 7 Caption: Ikran Mohamed, aged 19, takes care of her sheep in the town of Dilla, Somalia, April 2017. Photo 8 Caption: Clean water splashes into an onion tank installed by the ICRC in Matabaan, Somalia, April 2017. Photo: Mohamed Abdulkadir Farah / ICRC Important legal note This photograph is fully protected by copyright. Schools and other educational organisations are free to use it for educational use. The licence does not extend beyond this use. This means that anyone wishing to put the image on a website, crop or edit it, or use it in any other way, must first contact the copyright holder and negotiate a licence for the use they require. This resource and other free educational materials are available at redcross.org.uk/education The British Red Cross Society is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SCO37738). 1