mary robinson, the former irish president, would like the world to see the plight of this woman and the tens of thousands like her. >> i have never been able to get somalia out of my skin, if you like, since i was here in 1992. i look around and see that these are very resilient people. they just want food and water initially for their families. >> aid organizations said that thing should never have been allowed to get this bad. -- say that this should have never been allowed to get this bad. >> they have done about this for months. we have been working on this since last october. it is only now that it has reached a critical tipping point. >> aid groups say that a billion dollars is needed to avoid a catastrophe. so far, 1/5 has been made available. oxfam calls that willful negligence. this family has survived the arduous trek. many of the refugees that are right are so weakened by the attorneys that they can only watch them die. -- weakened by the journey that the aid workers can only watch them die. >> there was an attempt to kill adolf hitler and this was the most important act of r

mary robinson, the former irish president, was here during the last famine. she is wondering why the world could not prevent this from happening again. >> since i was here in 1992, i look around and i see that these are very resulted people and they want to as food and water initially for their families. >> a substantial aid operation is underway. supplies are not arriving in kenya. the u.n. is asking for 185 million pounds immediately. the international response has been mixed. britain has given 23 million pounds to somalia this year. the u.s. barely half of that. germany and france are among those accused of ignoring the alarm bells. >> the job has been dangerously inadequate. britain is setting a good lead. we expect others to contribute. there are signs that people are putting their shoulders into it. we need that to happen rapidly. >> money is not the only problem. the famine has taken hold in areas controlled or influenced by a militant islamist group. they have made it too dangerous for foreign aid groups to operate. now, they said that the ban has bee

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