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magento display subcategories description on category list.phtml

i got a category page with list of subcategories in magento. The list has an image and name but I also want to display those subcategories description. I tried simply to add 

<strong><?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_category->getDescription()) ?></strong>

but it’s not working. Thanks in advance.

EDIT :
i get subcategories ina a traditional way 

<?php if (!$_categoryCollection->count()): ?>
<p class="note-msg"><?php echo $this->__('There are no subcategories matching the selection.') ?></p>
<?php else: ?>
<div class="category-products">
    <?php $_collectionSize = $_categoryCollection->count() ?>
    <?php $_columnCount = $this->getColumnCount(); ?>
    <?php $i=0; foreach ($_categoryCollection as $_category): ?>
        <?php if ($i++%$_columnCount==0): ?>
        <ul class="products-grid">
        <?php endif ?>
            <li class="item<?php if(($i-1)%$_columnCount==0): ?> first<?php elseif($i%$_columnCount==0): ?> last<?php endif; ?>">
                <a href="<?php echo $_category->getUrl() ?>" class="product-image"><img class="photo" src="<?php echo $this->getCategoryImage($_category, 214, 184); ?>" width="214" height="184" alt="<?php echo $_category->getName() ?>" />
                <strong><?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_category->getName()) ?></strong>
                <strong><?php echo $_category->getDescription() ?></strong>
                </a>
            </li>
        <?php if ($i%$_columnCount==0 || $i==$_collectionSize): ?>
        </ul>
        <?php endif ?>
    <?php endforeach ?>
</div>

I’ve tired to to update public function getChildrenCategories($category) in category.php file by adding ->addAttributeToSelect(’description’) but it’s not working

magento display subcategories description on category list.phtml

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