Malnutrition in southern Afghanistan

The title of the article I picked was Prevalence of malnutrition in southern Afghanistan 'shocking' and was written by Emma Graham-Harrison.  I know that this author wrote this article in Kandahar, Afghanistan for a UN-backed report which means she got an inside look on the malnutrition of children.  She got first hand experience which helped influence her point of view, because seeing the distraught children badgering their parents for food makes the author see her very own lifestyle from a different view and probably wrote differently.  I think Graham-Harrison put more emotions into her writing because she saw how families struggled to survive.   If she didn't have that first hand experience, her writing would be more factual because it would have been hard to in cooperate other views and feelings of people living in Kandahar when she hasn't been there.

The writing overall is very factual so I think it is for all types of audiences but mostly for those that want to become more educated on child hunger.  For example the entire article starts out with "Around a third of young children in southern Afghanistan are acutely malnourished, with a level of deprivation similar to that found in famine zones...".  By starting out with a fact it engages the readers who are interested in knowing more about the topic and that is why I think it is intended for people hoping to learn more about child malnutrition.

There was a plethora of key points in the article but I managed to break it down.  One key point is that Afghanistan is not using the money the receive wisely and many children are starving and are in poverty.  This point was made by introducing it in the first paragraph "Around a third of young children in southern Afghanistan are acutely malnourished, with a level of deprivation similar to that found in famine zones, a government survey has found, despite the hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid that has been poured into the region." and then she goes pack to that point later on in the article to give more detail.  Another key point was that women are being told being told its not good enough so they are giving their children tea and water.  Others do not have enough breast milk for their children to grow on.  "I was feeding him breast milk but I couldn't provide enough, and could not could not afford the formula".  This point was made by using repetition throughout the article of different women and their stories.  The author used Ethos because it showed emotion and women across the world could relate.

I think the article was very effective on making the authors point for the intended audience.  This article wasn't only facts but it had real quotes from people suffering from malnutrition.  The audience wants to know more about why they are starving and this article does a great job explaining its points.

Questions I still have:
Where does the money from other countries go?
How do women afford tea and water but not milk formula?