She considers herself to be "on a mission": beaten by her father for 10 years before being "rescued" by the French Child Welfare and Social Services, Celine Greco, who became head of the pain and palliative care unit at the Necker children's hospital in Paris (Assistance publique–hôpitaux de Paris AP-HP, Greater Paris University Hospitals), has since moved heaven and earth to ensure that children in care "have the same rights and access as all other children in loving families". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES