NFL player and activist Colin Kaepernick has joined in the fight to combat the famine in Somalia.

In collaboration with Ben Stiller's charitable foundation and a group of young humanitarians, the group appealed to Turkish Airlines to provide them with a plane that they could fill with food and fly to East Africa.

According to the GoFundMe, the airline has agreed to provide cargo planes filled with supplies for Somalia until the famine is over. Now, they have ten days to raise enough money to fill the plane with 60 tons of food.

NFL player and activist Colin Kaepernick has joined in the fight to combat the famine in Somalia

In his Twitter video appealing to the public for help, Kaepernick said: 'People are dying in Somalia right now that need our help.'

'There's an impending famine because of drought, politics, inaction of (non-government organizations) and lack of media attention.

'This famine will affect 6.1 million people, and 2.9 million people are in need of immediate assistance.

'We can't let this happen - we have to help these people.

'We can be the change - we can help save these lives.'

United Nations officials have announced the crisis and their concern that the famine is becoming as severe as the 2011 famine in the country in which an estimated 250,000 people died

Kaepernick said: 'There's an impending famine because of drought, politics, inaction of (non-government organizations) and lack of media attention'

The group hopes to raise enough money to purchase 60 tons of food - this photo posted for reference is 10 tons of rice

Turkish Airlines - which is the only airline which flies directly from the United States to Somalia - responded within a number of hours.

United Nations officials have announced the crisis and their concern that the famine is becoming as severe as the 2011 famine in the country in which an estimated 250,000 people died.

Using the hashtags #TurkishAirlineHelpSomalia the group was able to catch the attention of the airline who then made their monumental promise.

In collaboration with Ben Stiller's charitable foundation and a group of young humanitarians, the group appealed to Turkish Airlines to provide them with a plane that they could fill with food and fly to East Africa

Their first flight will now embark on March 27 - just a few days for them to raise enough money to fill the flight with 60 tons of food.

They are now rallying for the funds to fill those cargo planes on social media with the hashtag #LoveArmyForSomalia, which one of its leaders Jerome Jarre has described as a 'movement from the heart'.

The group plans to use all the funds they procure to supply water trucks and specialized foods such as nutritional biscuits, rice, flour, sugar, and porridge.