A devastating food crisis is happening to children worldwide. Across the globe, food prices are soaring, causing the highest levels of malnutrition since the 1970's. Read an Op-ed by Charles MacCormack.

Save the Children's emergency response to the child hunger crisis is currently focusing on feeding nearly 10,000 malnourished children in four regions of Ethiopia, many of whom would die without support.

But lack of funds for the aid effort means the agency is unable to provide those children with a supply of food to supplement their diet and keep them healthy once they have left the feeding program and returned home. This puts the children at risk of falling once again into a dangerous state of malnutrition.

Life-saving, high-energy foods are being distributed through emergency feeding centers. One of these high-energy foods, called Plumpy'nut, is a peanut-based paste that comes in a foil packet and contains vitamins and minerals. It does not require water or refrigeration and is extremely effective for treating children who are malnourished.

Save the Children is making an urgent global appeal to help an estimated 900,000 people, including 325,000 children in Ethiopia, and others around the world who are bearing the brunt of this severe food price crisis.