We don't give aptitude tests to get in here. Most of the kids that come to us aren't even speaking yet. But if you put them in the right environment and you surround them with other kids who are aspiring to do certain things, they'll grow.>> Not all the kids are orphans. Many were brought here by a desperate parent or family member who couldn't afford to feed them. Album has to choose who gets in.We try to set the conditions because otherwise it's hundreds and hundreds of children. So we say only if there's ...

Mitch Albam is the author of 19 books, including Tuesdays with my most recent bestseller Twice. He first came to Haiti in 2010 after the earthquake. That's when Album, who's Jewish, began fixing up a Christian orphanage run by an elderly pastor. The pastor basically said, "I don't have any money to run this place, and I'm 84 years old. " And I kind of blurted out, "Well, I could probably run it. How hard could it be." You know? And he said, "Here you. ...

It's rare you hear about something good happening in Haiti. 16 years after the devastating earthquake which killed some 200,000 people and left more than a million homeless, the government has all but collapsed and gangs battle for control of the capital, Porta Prince. But tonight, we want to take you to a small oasis in that besieged city where children may be growing up behind walls, but hope is very much alive.It's an orphanage called Have Faith Haiti that's run by best-selling author Mitch Albam and his ...

It's rare you hear about something good happening in Haiti, but we want to take you to a small oasis where children may be growing up behind walls, but hope is very much alive. >> Do you get greeted like that every time you come. >> Pretty much.Yeah. >> It's an orphanage called Have Faith Haiti. It's run by best-selling author Mitch Albam and his wife Janine.>> If you give them something beautiful and calm, they'll aspire to those things. And that's what I think you see with our kids. ...