In February 2001, she went on her first field visit, an 18-day mission to Sierra Leone and Tanzania; she later expressed her shock at what she had witnessed.
2001 年 2 月，她进行了第一次实地考察，对塞拉利昂和坦桑尼亚进行了为期 18 天的访问，她后来表示对所目睹的情况感到震惊。