Three straight years of below-average rainfall have left some 2.6 million people in northern Kenya struggling to find enough to eat. As crops and livestock are lost to the severe drought, food prices have quadrupled and malnutrition is on the rise.

In South Sudan, extreme hunger is being caused by conflict and war. Meet Nyanut Bol, a mother of triplets who wants her children to be safe and healthy. The babies are receiving care in an IRC health center. In South Sudan, an estimated 1.1 million children under age five are acutely malnourished and in need of lifesaving services.