Brian Williams Gets Birthday Wish From Children In Afghan Orphanage (VIDEO)

Brian Williams Gets Birthday Wish From Children In Afghan Orphanage (VIDEO)

"NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams has forged a special connection with an orphanage in Afghanistan: he covered the orphanage, which houses mostly children whose parents were killed in war, last October in his program's "Making a Difference" segment, helping raise over $50,000 for the organization; he also honored Andeisha Farid, the orphanage's founder, in Washington earlier this year.

So for his 51st birthday, yesterday, kids at the orphanage sent Williams a birthday video, singing "Happy Birthday" to him from Kabul:

Watch Williams' initial report on the orphanage:

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