World Food Day: Mali crisis and the IRC's work on CNN

KATI, Mali -- The heat inside the small medical clinic is stifling. An occasional breeze from an open window provides the only relief. A dozen lethargic children, their ribs exposed and twig-like arms outstretched, lay on beds covered by mosquito nets.

 

I accompany Keita Cheick Oumar, a doctor with the International Rescue Committee, as he checks on patients in a health clinic located in the densely populated Kati district, near the Malian capital of Bamako. Kati district has been hard hit by Mali's deepening hunger crisis and as elsewhere in the country the crisis is having an especially devastating impact on children.

 

Read Peter's full story and view his photos on CNN.com: World Food Day: Mali hunger crisis deepens