A whole generation has never known a world free of HIV and Aids, yet the magnitude of the problem dwarfs the scale of the response so far. |
Almost one in three children in Zimbabwe, 1,6-million, are now orphaned, having lost at least one parent, and this number is growing. HIV and Aids have dramatically increased children's vulnerability in recent years. |
Children are forced into prostitution, begging and soliciting, labor on plantations and in mines, markets, factories and domestic work. |
Education of children, especially girls, is the cornerstone to national progress, |
Given the current situation, we are not prepared to lift any restrictions at this time, |
I am honored and humbled to be asked to join your administration, and to serve with you and your qualified team. Agriculture is part of the fabric that makes America great. |
I certainly, with no hesitation, would say that every mother can feel confident that they can feed their children beef in this country, |
In the past quarter of a century, HIV/Aids has claimed the lives of more than 20 million people and lowered life expectancy in the hardest-hit countries by as much as 30 years, |
It is critical that the world unite for children and unite against AIDS. The size of the problem is staggering, but the scale of the response has been inadequate. |
It is important to protect children from being recruited and used in armed conflict. |
It's devastating to see ... all the buildings that have fallen down, to see people's lives completely shattered, to see a tent next to a house that was there, |
Meeting the Millennium Development Goals depends on reaching vulnerable children throughout the developing world. |
Most housing has been destroyed in the hardest-hit areas, so the survival of thousands of young children is now at stake. |
Nearly 25 years into the pandemic, this very visible disease continues to have an invisible face and that is the face of the child. |
No country or region is immune, |