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Loading... EDITION: U.S. IranPhilippinesSaudi ArabiaChina Blackberry 101 More Log in News Web Like CONNECT FRONT PAGE POLITICS BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT TECH MEDIA LIFE & STYLE CULTURE COMEDY HEALTHY LIVING VOICES LOCAL MORE WORLD TRAVEL WAR WIRE AFGHANISTAN MIDDLE EAST TERRORISM <img src="http://entry-stats.huffpost.com/?920834&&&false" width="1" height="1" alt="" /> Iranian MP Blames Russia For Delays In Launch Of First Nuclear Plant More In World: Arrests In London Riots... Arab World Condemns Syria... Terror Lobby... 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Jill Biden on Monday visited the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab, where tens of thousands of Somali famine refugees have arrived in recent weeks. Biden's trip is the highest-profile U.S. visit to drought-stricken East Africa since the numbers of refugees began dramatically increasing in June. Biden said the aim of her visit was to raise awareness and convince donors to give more. "What I'm asking is for Americans to reach out and help because the situation is dire," said Biden, who met with two Somali mothers and their eight children during her visit to the camp. "There is hope if people start to pay attention to this." More than 29,000 children under the age of 5 have died in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise in the coming weeks. USAID administrator Raj Shah said models predict that hundreds of thousands of people could die from famine. More than 12 million people in the Horn of Africa are in need of immediate food aid, including nearly half the Somali population. The U.N. has declared five famine zones in Somalia, including the camps for displaced people in Mogadishu. Aid was only reaching about 20 percent of the 2.6 million Somalis who needed it, said Mark Bowden, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official for Somalia. The situation was better in the Somali capital, where about half the city's 600,000 inhabitants were receiving aid, he said. Transport and security were the two main problems, he said, and it was unclear what the effect would be of the Islamist withdrawal from their bases in the capital Saturday. There have been several serious gunfights at aid distributions recently, and at least 10 people have been killed. "An absence of conflict does not mean that there is security here," he said. "There's always been factions and militias." Kiki Ghebo, another top U.N. humanitarian official, said different kinds of aid were needed: food for the starving, vaccines and medical help to prevent disease outbreaks, and things like plastic sheeting and cooking utensils for those who had been forced to flee their homes because of the war and famine. ___ Associated Press writer Katharine Houreld contributed to this report from Mogadishu, Somalia. FOLLOW HUFFPOST WORLD ON Facebook: Like Twitter: GET ALERTS CONTRIBUTE TO THIS STORY Send Corrections Send us a Link Contact us Send a Tip Send Photos/Videos Comment USEmbassyKenya Dr. Jill Biden Arrives in Kenya to Visit Dadaab Refugee Camps, Highlight the Need for Aid in the Horn of Africa http://fb.me/1arnFSkdI 5 hours ago from Facebook D1rtyS4nchez Jill Biden to visit largest refugee camp in effort to feed Horn of Africa's hungry http://ow.ly/1e9lMd less than a minute ago from Ping.fm Katie_L_McD FYI Jill Biden, ppl in the US are going through a debt crisis and may not be in a position to hand over $ to Africa http://t.co/PtKAgmz 2 minutes ago from web ObamaNews Press Release: Dr. Jill Biden Arrives in Kenya to Visit Dadaab Refugee Camps, Highlight the Need for Aid in the Horn... http://su.pr/1GfRK8 5 minutes ago from dlvr.it Global_ErinF RT @KaiserFamFound: Global Health Policy Report: Jill Biden Leads U.S. Delegation To Kenya To Assess Conditions In Horn Of #Africa http://ow.ly/5XOMO 12 minutes ago from HootSuite clintdreamer Jill Biden on the famine in the Horn of Africa: "This is a big fucking famine!" 14 minutes ago from Twitter for BlackBerry® KaiserFamFound Global Health Policy Report: Jill Biden Leads U.S. Delegation To Kenya To Assess Conditions In Horn Of #Africa http://ow.ly/5XOMO 15 minutes ago from HootSuite EsotericDesigns Jill Biden visits East Africa famine refugees: http://t.co/dZdrml5 via @msnbc 19 minutes ago from Tweet Button jenniferlhurley RT @USEmbassyKenya: Dr. Jill Biden Arrives in Kenya to Visit Dadaab Refugee Camps, Highlight the Need for Aid in the Horn of Africa http://fb.me/1arnFSkdI 24 minutes ago from Facebook Global_ErinF RT @USAIDEastAfrica: Dr. Jill Biden Arrives in #Kenya with @USAID Administrator Shah to Highlight Need for Aid in Horn of Africa http://t.co/4TJ8Kzk 26 minutes ago from web Amal_008 RT @InnovateAfrica: Jill Biden and Rajiv Shah will travel to #Kenya to assess Horn of Africa #drought. http://bit.ly/pNcyz7 #Somalia #Ethiopia #famine 26 minutes ago from TweetDeck GSS_911 Jill Biden visits East Africa famine refugees: http://t.co/Hwif7ty via @msnbc 26 minutes ago from Tweet Button Martie719 Jill Biden to visit largest refugee camp in effort to feed Horn of Africa's hungry - CNN.com Blogs http://t.co/izkz6SF via @cnn 31 minutes ago from Tweet Button clickkay I hope this ends before we lose too many lives. http://fb.me/13st6wLq5 31 minutes ago from Facebook ArabVoicesSpeak Jill Biden 2 visit largest refugee camp 2 feed Horn of Africa's hungry http://t.co/ydrPWxH how many #Arab #Muslim first ladies did? 31 minutes ago from Tweet Button PBMureithi Jill Biden to visit largest refugee camp in effort to feed Horn of Africa's hungry-This Just In - CNN.com Blogs http://t.co/scjSnFa via @cnn 32 minutes ago from Tweet Button Show more results TOP LINKS ON THIS TOPIC1 of 3 Jill Biden in E. 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View All Favorites Recency | Popularity Richard Aron 95 Fans 0 minute ago (11:26 AM) Please find it in your heart to donate. Think about your own family and children. These organizations are helping on the ground: UNICEF: http://www.unicefusa.org Mercy Corps: http://www.mercycorps.org Ameri Cares: http://www.americares.org Thank you! Permalink | Share it Richard Aron 95 Fans 3 minutes ago (11:22 AM) This should be in the front page. At least Dr. Biden is compassionate and is showing that she's a true human being. In sharp contrast to the right wingers who keep pointing out that we shouldn't care about "those Africans". Well "those Africans" are human like all of us, and since when does Jesus tell the right wingers not to care about "Africans"???!!!! Permalink | Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USER mrman 245 Fans 32 minutes ago (10:54 AM) I'm glad she went instead of FLOTUS. If Michelle had gone and done the exact same thing...she would have been ripped to shreds by the tr00ls. Permalink | Share it lainey 132 Fans 55 minutes ago (10:31 AM) I honor the people who are suffering terribly in the Horn of Africa. I honor Dr. Biden's desire to visit to bring more attention to their plight. May we all join together to lend a helping hand. Blessings. Permalink | Share it OH canada 3 Fans 1 hour ago (10:12 AM) why isn't she wearing a burqa? Permalink | Share it Jack Daniels Esq Hold the ice 187 Fans 1 hour ago (10:04 AM) At least she washes her hair Permalink | Share it HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR KIVPossum Moldova Marsupial 1810 Fans 2 hours ago (9:22 AM) Glad she got a trip to Somalia. Her visit and 2$ will feed a child Permalink | Share it PHOTO GALLERIES Mubarak Trial North Korea Exposed London Riots In Photos Nuclear Victims Honored FOLLOW US MOST POPULAR ON HUFFPOST 1 of 2 PHOTO: Which Major Pop Star Is Unrecognizable In Drag?! 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