She also traveled, and saw children in great need.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

And,these children are traumatized. They need psycho-social assessment and counseling and support in a community setting where the skills to undertake this are very,very limited,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

"Exposure to tobacco smoke is a risk factor for cardiac disease already in adolescents, and that's why this study supports that children and adolescents need smoke-free environments."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

She said we need to modify outdated curriculum and improve instruction methods, such as teaching African children in their native languages, not simply in English or French.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

But,she said, there is still work to be done. (Sound) She says in Senegal, we still see cases of child abuse and children begging on the streets whose rights need to be protected.

VOA: standard.2009.11.22

"Civil Society plays a key role in helping to communicate the need for mothers to bring their children in early for vaccines to complete the vaccination series to make sure that non-governmental organizations deliver and offer vaccines not only one day a week necessarily but on a regular basis,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"We need to scale up our efforts delivered in Haiti, but we also need to ensure that children all over the world in the Horn of Africa, in Afghanistan,in Pakistan, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Sudan,in Chad all these children actually deserve and have the right to the same assistance as children everywhere else,".

VOA: standard.2010.02.04