Conflict and the worst drought in six decades drove these Somali mothers and their children to the Dadaab camp in Kenya, home to nearly half a million refugees.

James Lachule of the IRC’s water and sanitation team speaks to a class at the Natagilae Primary School about the importance of hand washing.

Many of the newly arrived refugees in Hagadera, over 80 percent women and children, find no other option than to settle on the edge of the over-congested camps.

Ahmed Hassan Osman is a supervisor at an IRC stabilization center in Kenya where severely malnourished children receive emergency treatment.

A woman carries a full jerry can after collecting water at a communal tap on the outskirts of Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp.

Ten-month-old Farhio being weighed in a basket at the IRC's nutrition center in Dadaab. At 6.81 lbs, she weighs less than most newborn babies.