Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon was amongst a group of women who toured the devastated parts of New Orleans last week.

The Walk the Line star is keen to let the families affected by Hurricane Katrina know that they haven't been forgotten.

"I feel really like it's absolutely imperative that myself and this delegation of women have gotten together to come down and show that we haven't forgotten, we still care about these children, we are going to continue to lobby for these children," Witherspoon told ABC.