Mr. Brendan Rogers:

It is different from being an ambassador in Europe. I supervise our ambassadors in Africa and I assure the committee it is a difficult place to work in terms of children's education and the disease burden. I have lived there for 11 years. I contracted malaria in 1996 and I ended up within ten hours of losing my life because I was not looking after myself. They work all the hours God sends them. We try to look after them by ensuring they have some of the comforts of life. They are doing a great job.