Story highlights UN chief warns Somalia is at risk of being "neglected"

Over six million affected by food shortage

Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) Fatumata Hassan sits in the opening of her ramshackle shelter. She is tired and gaunt.

Her three-year-old daughter Shankaron sits on her lap, eyes blank and scared. It is a look that is far too common in these parts.

The past days have been cruel on Fatumata and her two young children -- forced to walk over 100 miles in search of food, water and sanctuary.

Only now, in Baidoa, home to a camp for displaced Somalis, does she find the smallest of solace.

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"Shankaron had a fever, she cried the whole way," Fatumata says.

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