His mother, only a step away from starvation, is totally unable to do anything to get food for her child - not even by theft because there is no food. The good people of many nations hear their need and their despair and send food and money. But along the way, some politician diverts the funds to his personal bank account and prevents the food from being distributed. A bureaucrat, uncaring, sells the food for money to the black market. If any gets sent inside the country, distributors sell it to those who have money and line their own pockets.
Armed militias steal the food and give it to their cause.
And thanks to corruption, none reaches the starving child. The starving child and his mother are truly alienated. They expect the world to care, but they are completely powerless to do anything about their situation and there is a sense of great despair. As the mother watches her child starve, there seems no point to creating life in this barren and cruel world. They have expectations of living life - at least surviving.