0:00:05 > 0:00:10Over the last few days, we've seen shocking images from Africa.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Families that have walked for days - weeks -
0:00:12 > 0:00:15in search of food, water and medical help.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Children, malnourished and sick.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22The graves of mainly young children and babies,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25who didn't reach help in time.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29There is a drought affecting parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
0:00:29 > 0:00:33which is the worst in 60 years, with problems also in South Sudan.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36It hasn't rained properly for two years,
0:00:36 > 0:00:41so crops have failed, livestock have died and food prices have soared.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45More than ten million people are facing starvation.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49These people desperately need your help.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54The Disasters Emergency Committee, or DEC - an umbrella organisation
0:00:54 > 0:00:58that unites 14 major UK humanitarian aid agencies -
0:00:58 > 0:01:00has launched an emergency appeal
0:01:00 > 0:01:03to get aid to people affected by the drought.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06DEC members and their partners are already on the ground
0:01:06 > 0:01:08and doing what they can.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10But to help the vast numbers of people affected,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12they need your donation.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17Dadaab in Kenya, the largest refugee camp in the world,
0:01:17 > 0:01:22is seeing 1,300 people arrive from neighbouring Somalia every day.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25One in three children arriving in the camp
0:01:25 > 0:01:27is suffering from acute malnutrition.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31But not everyone can get to a camp.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34What about the millions of others we are not seeing or hearing?
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Charities need to be able to deliver food and water to remote villages,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41to seek out children who are on the brink of starvation
0:01:41 > 0:01:43and give them emergency care.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46This help is desperately needed - the next rains could be months away,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49and by then it will be far too late for many.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53The DEC will use your donation to provide safe drinking water,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55emergency food parcels
0:01:55 > 0:01:59and vaccinations to prevent outbreaks of disease.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02This is a humanitarian crisis happening now,
0:02:02 > 0:02:08so the DEC needs us to act now to stop this becoming a disaster.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Please help if you can.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11You can give online at...
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Or you can call...
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Or if you want to send a donation, cheques payable to DEC
0:02:25 > 0:02:29can be processed at any high-street bank, or post them to...
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Thank you.