'I think of the orphans every time I’m asked to write articles like this. They illustrate one of the ugliest truths in the modern world, a truth which seems to remain immutable: children are always on the bottom rung of the ladder of social and economic priorities. It’s as though the world has no conscience when it comes to kids. There’s money galore for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, there’s money in every Western budget for the terrorist threat, but when it comes to children, the cupboard is bare.'
