There is also a lot of duplication of aid. Aid agencies are scrambling their teams, but in many cases they are reaching where aid has already reached. There is a vacuum of coordination.

More and more urban families are employing children to work in their homes. It is disappointing that these people, who have high levels of education and good incomes, do not recognize this as something that is not acceptable in modern society.

I think there's an understanding with the administration and the military that the situation requires an openness.

So far, we have been able to access all the areas that we have sought access to.

It is true that some will experience an improvement in the quality of their lives, we can't deny that. But our research shows that over half of them report some form of abuse - physical or sexual. The pay and the hours are appalling, as are their working conditions, the treatment meted out to them and the humiliating language used towards them. Children are inherently vulnerable when they are taken to live and work in someone else's home.

A lot of these areas that were formerly agricultural, they're being touted as lakefront housing developments. I'm sure they're using that terminology because it makes it attractive.