<p>Right now, today, children in East Africa are facing a desperate crisis caused by prolonged drought, soaring food prices and conflict. The United Nations has formally declared a famine in parts of southern Somalia.</p> <p>This crisis is getting worse and we need to act now to save lives.</p> <p>Children and women are the most vulnerable. More than 2 million children under five in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are acutely malnourished, including almost 500,000 children suffering from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition.</p> <p>Unicef&nbsp;are scaling up life-saving efforts for children in therapeutic feeding, providing access to safe water and sanitation, as well as preventing the spread of killer diseases including measles through vaccination campaigns.</p> <p>Please donate now.</p> <p>You can now also donate via SMS, by texting DBDB48&nbsp; with the amount you wish to donate in &pound;'s (&pound;1, &pound;2, &pound;3, &pound;4, &pound;5 or &pound;10) &nbsp;to 70070.</p> <p style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 19px; background-color: transparent; outline-width: 0px; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;">You DO NOT need to apply for matched giving as the bank will do this automatically and this will be matched outside of allowance. Please use your DB email address when donating online.</p>