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9:25am UK, Monday December 26, 2011
The fund-raising campaign attracted more than ?7m in donations from Britons in just six months.
That total passes the previous record of ?6.8m for donations to the Asian Tsunami appeal.
The money raised for East Africa has been spent on providing clean water, food and healthcare to an estimated 1.7 million children affected by drought.
Save the Children's chief executive James Forsyth paid tribute to those who helped.
"Even when times are tough at home, this shows that British people care deeply about the world's most vulnerable children," he said.
"They know that their help - however small - can be the difference between life and death for children facing unimaginable suffering."
Some of the money raised has been spent on healthcare
Families in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are among those who were given assistance by the funding.
However, 250,000 people in Somalia still remain in urgent need of help.
The United Nations described the crisis as East Africa's worst drought for 60 years.
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced last week that Britain would send 9,000 tonnes of food and medicine to the Horn of Africa.
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