#HornofAfrica Photo: Makeshift shelters, some covered with bright-orange tarpaulin, stand in the Badbado camp in #Mogadishu, the capital. The shelters are seen from behind a soldier’s gun, resting in a vehicle that is part of a passing AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) convoy. AMISOM was established by the United Nations to support peace, stability and the safe delivery of humanitarian aid in the country. Its mandate is presently extended until 30 September 2011. The Badbado camp, established three weeks ago, shelters almost 30,000 people who have been displaced from rural areas more affected by the drought. Somalia, 2011: © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1184/Kate Holt The Horn of Africa’s children need our help. You can join UNICEF's effort by visiting: http://bit.ly/o55Nll You can receive more UNICEF photos from the Horn of Africa on your iPhone by visiting: http://bit.ly/nWsSp2 Or...visit us at: http://www.unicef.org/phot​​​ography At end July 2011, the crisis in the Horn of Africa – affecting primarily Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti – continues, with a worsening drought, rising food prices and ongoing conflict in Somalia. More than 11 million people are threatened by the worst drought in the region in 60 years. Over 500,000 severely malnourished children are at risk of dying; a further 1.6 million moderately malnourished children, and the wider-affected population, are at high risk of disease. Somalia faces one of the world’s most-severe food security crises, exacerbated by two decades of civil war. In the southern Lower Shabelle and Bakool parts of the country, some 270,000 people are facing famine conditions. Across the country, as many as 1.85 million children (in a total population of 3.7 million) need urgent humanitarian assistance; some 780,000 of these children are also acutely malnourished. Insecurity, limited access and the drought are causing thousands to seek improved conditions in Mogadishu, the still-embattled capital, while tens of thousands of others to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia. UNICEF is working with UN, NGO and community partners to expand blanket supplementary feeding programmes to reach 300,000 Somali families, including 360,000 under-five children, in the next three months. UNICEF is also supporting a range of other interventions in all affected countries, including feeding programmes, immunization campaigns and health outreach, as well as access to safe water and to improve sanitation. UNICEF now requires US $300 million for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable children, women and families in the Horn of Africa region.