11 May 2005, Wajir - A mother taking her children to be screened for malnutrition at the Stabilization Centre run by the NGO Merlin. There are around 15 million people at risk in the Horn of Africa of which more than 8 million have been identified as being in need of urgent emergency assistance. Though the rains have come problems facing pastoralists still persist after 3 years of drought resulting in severe stress, food insecurity, livestock deaths and high rates of malnutrition.