The Starving Boy
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the second largest country in Africa, and it’s located slightly above the equator. The DRC is bordered by Angola, the Central African Republic, Burundi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. They are the poorest country in Africa, yet it is considered by many to be the richest country because of its natural resources (Rural Poverty Portal). Located in the DRC is many valuable resources such as tin, tantalum, and tungsten.There are seventy-five million people living in the DRC, but unfortunately, millions are living under the poverty line, meaning each person is living under one dollar per day (Poverty and Health care). Living under one dollar a day makes it nearly impossible to having the basic necessities
…show more content…
The size of each of the boy’s fingers are about the width of a number two pencil, and there is barely enough skin to cover up the boy’s bones. His wrist is a fraction of what it should be, and it seems as it can snap in half if it was bent to fast. There are other children standing in the background barefoot on dirt with no looks of life to the soil, with their bodies are covered in dust. In the photo, the boy’s arm, hand and part of an oversized orange shirt can be seen. His body looks extremely fragile and weak. The constant wars and conflicts between the government since 1960 has had a major impact on the civilians. When the government is busy fighting one another, they forget about what is actually going on in the country. They don’t see the civilians suffering, or starving. All they see, and want to see is power and …show more content…
Yet the suffering of the civilians is constantly caused by the corruption, lack of infrastructure, and the endless civil war happening in the DRC. Innocent civilians are caught in between the front lines of the fighting, and unfortunately many die from either the weapons, or diseases caused by war. Another result of a corrupted government leads the people of countries like Karamoja to lack basic health, nutrition, and education. The image also expresses the pain and suffering citizens of poor, African countries go through. It argues for structure, and a well functioning government. These people need help, and they can not do it on their own. No human should live in such bad conditions with no help from anybody, and go through continuous suffering generation after generation without
The size of each of the boy’s fingers are about the width of a number two pencil, and there is barely enough skin to cover up the boy’s bones. His wrist is a fraction of what it should be, and it seems as it can snap in half if it was bent to fast. There are other children standing in the background barefoot on dirt with no looks of life to the soil, with their bodies are covered in dust. In the photo, the boy’s arm, hand and part of an oversized orange shirt can be seen. His body looks extremely fragile and weak. The constant wars and conflicts between the government since 1960 has had a major impact on the civilians. When the government is busy fighting one another, they forget about what is actually going on in the country. They don’t see the civilians suffering, or starving. All they see, and want to see is power and …show more content…
Yet the suffering of the civilians is constantly caused by the corruption, lack of infrastructure, and the endless civil war happening in the DRC. Innocent civilians are caught in between the front lines of the fighting, and unfortunately many die from either the weapons, or diseases caused by war. Another result of a corrupted government leads the people of countries like Karamoja to lack basic health, nutrition, and education. The image also expresses the pain and suffering citizens of poor, African countries go through. It argues for structure, and a well functioning government. These people need help, and they can not do it on their own. No human should live in such bad conditions with no help from anybody, and go through continuous suffering generation after generation without