War-a personal response

This picture is of the scene of Biafra, West Africa in 1969, during the World War 2. There are two African children in the picture and both of them and bone and skin. Both of them have skinny legs and arms, a big head and the child in the background has a really big stomach. This is the symptom of malnutrition and starvation. The boys must be really very poor to be unable to get enough food and clothes. The big stomach is possibly caused by eating some really unhealthy and unhygienic food. I cannot imagine how hungry they must be to resort to eating that kind of food and diseasing his stomach. I think they had not had a regular meal for a long time and this reduced their legs to what seemed like a bamboo stick. It is a really disheartening and sad sight. What worst than that is the fact that one of the boys is clutching onto a food can, which may either be his last meal or the container to keep the money he was begging for. According to their current state, I can understand how much they have suffered due to the war and they may not survive long unless medication and food is provided. War is terrible and the country must have drained its resources to fight the war, this picture clearly conveys the message of the effect of war and he sacrifices which must be made.