For The Children Of Haiti

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Watch the For The Children Of Haiti video, LANGFORD - When Canadians Saw The Devastation In Earthquake-ravaged Haiti, They Reached Into Their Pockets Giving Millions To The International Relief Effort.

But One Vancouver Island Community Saw A Need For More Than Just Money.

Langford Mayor Stew Young Wants To Use Local Development Expertise To Help Homeless Haitian Orphans.

And Young Has Assembled A Group Of People Who Are About To Travel To Haiti To Make It Happen.

A News Will Follow The Langford Group And Show How An International Disaster Hits Home And What Any One Of Us Can Do. A News Reporter Stephen Andrew And Videographer Brendan Strain Begin A Special Assignment.

They Call Themselves Team Haiti, An Eclectic Group Of Individuals From Langford.

There's A Building Inspector, A Police Officer, A Developer, His Wife - The Emergency Social Services Coordinator, And A Fire Chief.

Tomorrow They Leave Their Self-described Comfortable Lives Destined Port-au-Prince, Haiti's Capital Devastated By A Massive Earthquake On January 12th.

It Is A City Of Disaster, Death, And Despair.

It Seems An Unlikely Place To Attract The Attention Of Greater Victoria's Fastest Growing Municipality, But It's Where Langford's Mayor Sees Part Of His City's Future.

It Moved Me And I Know It Moved A Lot Of People, Says Stew Young.

You Know, I Have To Be Very Supportive As The Mayor When People Are Coming Forward In My Community And Saying We Should Do Something.

So, I Think The Time Is Right.

Young's First Call Was To His Fire B...

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