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We’re helping families survive severe drought, rising food prices, childhood illnesses and insecurity along the border with Somalia.

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Population: 37.9 million
Size: About twice the size of Nevada
Human Development Index rank: 143 (of 187)
Mercy Corps has worked here since 2008

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video Horn of Africa crisis update January 26, 2012	news Teaming up with DC Entertainment to launch “We Can Be Heroes” by Salma Bahramy January 23, 2012	blog Protecting the children of Bililburbur by Muna Ahmed December 2, 2011	video Responding to historic drought by Bija Gutoff November 8, 2011
blog We still need you to stretch out your hands by Bija Gutoff October 27, 2011	blog Cash grant, food provide relief to family by Muna Ahmed October 10, 2011	blog 'Asante Mercy Corps!' by Bija Gutoff October 5, 2011	blog 'Our camels are so weak, we have to help them stand up' by Bija Gutoff October 4, 2011
photo Death and drought by Muna Ahmed September 22, 2011	news USAID and Ad Council announce awareness campaign for the Horn by Joy Portella September 19, 2011	blog A stimulus plan for Wajir by Jill Morehead September 15, 2011	blog Without water in West Wajir by Jill Morehead September 9, 2011

Teaming up with DC Entertainment to launch “We Can Be Heroes” by Salma Bahramy January 23, 2012	Providing relief and boosting recovery for thousands of herder families by Andie Long October 18, 2011	USAID and Ad Council announce awareness campaign for the Horn by Joy Portella September 19, 2011	Water delivery starts in Mogadishu by Dan Sadowsky September 2, 2011
Mercy Corps Working to Bring Critical Assistance to Somali Families in Mogadishu by Salma Bahramy August 18, 2011	17 Million of Kenya’s Poorest Farmers to Boost Food Production with Help of Cutting-Edge Training by Lindsay Murphy August 3, 2011	Hunger in the Horn of Africa - VIDEO by Lindsay Murphy July 21, 2011	Three stories from Africa's drought, famine by Lindsay Murphy July 21, 2011
Famine in Horn of Africa is as Deserving of American Help as a Tsunami or Earthquake by Lindsay Murphy July 21, 2011	Situation worsens in the Horn of Africa, our response increases by Roger Burks July 20, 2011	Mercy Corps Rushes Aid to Drought Victims in Africa’s Horn by Joy Portella July 20, 2011	Somalia Parched By Drought And Politics by Lindsay Murphy July 9, 2011

Life-changing latrines make women like Muriya safer by Muna Ahmed February 3, 2012	Protecting the children of Bililburbur by Muna Ahmed December 2, 2011	We still need you to stretch out your hands by Bija Gutoff October 27, 2011	2.5 million bits of hope in northeast Kenya by Joy Portella October 18, 2011
Cash grant, food provide relief to family by Muna Ahmed October 10, 2011	Drought pushing food prices up by Bija Gutoff October 6, 2011	'Asante Mercy Corps!' by Bija Gutoff October 5, 2011	'Our camels are so weak, we have to help them stand up' by Bija Gutoff October 4, 2011
Pressing for time by Bija Gutoff October 3, 2011	A little cash changes lives in Qaraa by Muna Ahmed September 21, 2011	A stimulus plan for Wajir by Jill Morehead September 15, 2011	Without water in West Wajir by Jill Morehead September 9, 2011

Seeking shelter from the rains by Chloe Stull-Lane October 16, 2011	Camels and donkeys converge on water point by Phil Ottum October 7, 2011	Death and drought by Muna Ahmed September 22, 2011	Collecting water in West Wajir by Jill Morehead September 9, 2011
Children and families at water point in Wajir County by Erin Gray August 22, 2011	Saadia Farah and her daughter Amina in Wajir County, Kenya by Erin Gray August 14, 2011	Hauling a heavy load to help her family survive by Erin Gray August 9, 2011	Solitary herder outside Hadado, Kenya by Joy Portella August 2, 2011
Sisters trying to survive the worst drought in decades by Joy Portella July 26, 2011	Ten-year-old Hindiya Roble outside of Hadado, Kenya by Joy Portella July 15, 2011	Animal market in Garissa, Kenya by Dan Sadowsky July 13, 2011	Grandmother and granddaughter struggle against the drought by Joy Portella July 12, 2011

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Horn of Africa crisis update

January 26, 2012

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Responding to historic drought

by Bija Gutoff November 8, 2011

blog Life-changing latrines make women like Muriya safer by Muna Ahmed February 3, 2012	video Horn of Africa crisis update January 26, 2012	news Teaming up with DC Entertainment to launch “We Can Be Heroes” by Salma Bahramy January 23, 2012	photo Abdifata, 1-year-old boy in Kenya by Erin Gray January 13, 2012
photo Muhumed Ahmed, age 85, near Hadado, Kenya by Phil Ottum December 13, 2011	photo Boy drags water barrel in Wajir, Kenya by Phil Ottum December 13, 2011	blog Protecting the children of Bililburbur by Muna Ahmed December 2, 2011	video Responding to historic drought by Bija Gutoff November 8, 2011
photo Ibrahim Sirat by Bija Gutoff October 27, 2011	blog We still need you to stretch out your hands by Bija Gutoff October 27, 2011	photo Woman in Wajir by Bija Gutoff October 19, 2011	photo Boys in Kenya by Bija Gutoff October 19, 2011