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>> reporter: we meet vincent, a one and a half year old who is so mal nnourished, he can no longer eat. >> his stomach is shutting down. no intervention, you will lose this child. >> reporter: so tiny for her age, she is also running out of time. >> we look at the color of their hair which changes with severe malnutrition. it changes to an orangey color. >> do you ever turn a child away? >> translator: there is nowhere else to go. >> well, there's little you can say about this except i do have a piece of good news. since we left, there is a miracle in a little tiny package and that's called pl...

And so many of you have already been tweeting me, writing to us on facebook asking how you can help. save the children points out that plumpy nut costs about 50 cents. $10 would feed a child for more than a week. you can learn much more on the "world news tonight" facebook page. and of course, much more of our journey tonight, on "nightline." there's still much more ahead tonight this tuesday -- the passenger brawl in the cabin. punches thrown. the flight attendants trying to break it up. just as airline executives faced a grilling on capitol hill today. we have new information tonight abo...

Children, carolyn miles, another hour east. where they are now sending out mobile clinics to isolated villages deep in the desert, we find a little boy, so weak he cannot stand. they put a band on his arm, the red signaling severe malnutrition. >> it's one of the worst crises that we've seen since world war ii. >> are you concerned the world does not recognize what is happening here? >> you know, i don't think the world has really woken up to this disaster at this point. they haven't really realized what's happening. >> the possibility of four famines at once? >> the possibility of four famine...

Months old. he looks four or five months old. i have children myself and it's tough to see children who just aren't developing because of the lack of food. it is a problem. they're doing their best. in some of these places the ngos are bringing supplies in. the numbers make that challenging. >> i know you've been all over the world and covered natural disast disaste disasters, droughts, wars. what really works to get the kids what they need? >> reporter: you need to find products that can be sustainable that don't need refrigeration and provide macro and micro nutrients. this is something call...

dying because they don't have enough food. it is hard to believe and hard to take. that is what happens when you have the largest refugee camp in the world. the numbers are getting worse. they say 2,000 more people coming to the camp every day. 400,000 people are already here. keep the simple fact in mind. this camp was designed for 90,000 people. this entire situation made worse by the ongoing civil war in somalia. the militant groups have made it worse to get aid across the border. you come to the camps and meet the mothers and fathers and daughters. they are not too different from...