I'd like to welcome our guests that are joining us via video conference.
From Markham, Ontario, we have Mark Lukowski, the chief executive officer of the Christian Children's Fund of Canada.
Welcome, Mark. It's great to have you here.
Also joining us via video conference from New York City is Sarah Stevenson from the ChildFund Alliance, who is the United Nations representative.
What I'm going to do is get you both to give your opening comments. We've just had our opening statement and one round of questions. Once we have your opening statement then we'll continue with our rounds of questioning.
Mark, I'm going to turn it over to you, sir, for your opening statement first, and then we'll go over to Sarah after that.
Welcome.