The war left southern Sudan education in ruins.

Beyond the waters of the Nile, oil and minerals, Southern Sudan has a precious - an infinite - natural resource: the minds, the determination and the potential of her people, especially her children.

The family has been made fragile in Africa because of poverty and because of AIDS.

Children should not die like that in this century, where we have all the resources and technology to save them.

During the Balkan conflict, at least 20,000 Muslim girls and women were also raped, with teenage girls particularly targeted. In Myanmar, in Uganda, in East Timor, the bodies of women and girls were and are being violated as part of battle. This kind of violence is not collateral damage. It's a war crime.

A lot of money has been spent on the fight against AIDS in general... but we haven't put enough money into children.

When you see a child dying in front of your eyes, that means the food supply and malnutrition situation in the country is very serious.

We saw a child die today, it was a very sad moment for us ... I feel very guilty.

We took the decision to back the education sector after the education minister had said the government was so far able to supply the education requirements for 1.3 million out of the 2.3 million children.