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Orphanage library in Haiti honours Canadian police killed in earthquake

Canadian police are legendary in Haiti for their humanitarian efforts there. One of the projects closest to their heart is an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, called The Enfant-Jésus. After the January 2010 earthquake destroyed it, Canadian police officers raised money to help rebuild it. And then supported it by providing food and paying for a teacher for the children. Marc Montgomery speaks with Chief Superintendent Barbara Fleury, the head of International Policing with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, about the officers' work raising funds to help build the orphanage library.

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