Comforting Katrina's Children

Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon and Holly Robinson Peete tour still-devastated New Orleans and hear tales of heartache. Now, their message to the world: 'It's critical. They need help'

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FOR THE KIDS

Terrishyn Harris, 7, and her sister Fredaija, 6, go to an after-school program run by the Children's Defense Fund, which sponsored the trip. "I worry about these children. No one has responded to their cries for help. Their families say, ‘Tell our story. We've been forgotten,' " says Witherspoon.