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3 Years Later Program Committee Chair and Member Christine and Suzanne visit Be Like Brit

Last week I had the pleasure of flying back in to Haiti from Boston with the Chair of our Program Committee Christine Steinwand and another program committee member Suzanne Brady Chris and Suzanne have been committed to Be Like Brit from the early days as Brits a...

  • Dec 13, 2015

  • by Jonathan Lamare

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Friends Old and New

Its been quite the week for us at Be Like Brit ...

  • by Jonathan Lamare

  • Dec 06, 2015

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Thanks and Gratitude

We hope that all of our friends enjoyed a safe ...

  • by Jonathan Lamare

  • Nov 29, 2015

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A Gala and An Election Bl...

Hello from Haiti I realized this past week that its been a while since Ive written a blog update With my travel to the US for our annual Fall Gala which was held on November 7 2015 at the DCU Center in Worcester followed by a weeklong vacation for...

  • by Jonathan Lamare

  • Nov 22, 2015

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Pray For Paris

There are many tragedies in this world that make us hold our breath and say why The Cowardly act of many terrorist in Paris the other day will be a day that will be on our minds for many decades to come The 129 victims and their families will neve...

  • by Len Gengel

  • Nov 15, 2015

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How Sweet It Is

How Sweet It IsMelissaJean Provost Have you ever had one of those moments where youve closed your eyes felt the cool breeze and warm sunshine rush across your face and you knew you were exactly where you were supposed to be The time stopped you ...

  • by Melissa-Jean Provost

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Exciting Firsts A Pediat...

This past week was particularly eventful here at Be Like Brit in Haiti in that Cherylann and Bernie were here for much of it along with our Global Pediatric Health Fellows from UMASS Medical We celebrated a first of sorts in regards to our medical...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Womens Group 2015 Sues Re...

Over Columbus Weekend a group of women joined together and soon became a group of friends who experienced an amazing four days at Be Like Brit With the help and leadership of Cherylann Gengel Eileen Terry and Jonathan LaMare we learned what love a...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Team Fast and Furious An...

We are so fortunate to have the support of thousands of people from all over the world Our Facebook page actually generates a weekly report or us and we were excited to see that we have followers all over the world Japan Australia all over Europe ...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Move Your Feet Rosies Ref...

After a week of being back in the United States I cannot stop thinking about Team Small and Mighty and the amazing week we had in Haiti at Be Like Brit Although brainstorming team names during the ride from Grand Goave to PortauPrince was chal...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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UMASS ABCMouse and More

We are back in to the full swing of things after what has been a very busy September even without the typical two full Brtisionary groups visiting us Back to school season was a huge hit and having 66 children out of the house each morning by 8am ...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Surrounded by Love

Greetings from Worcester MA On Thursday I made my way out of Haiti and up to Miami for an overnight connection and was greeted happily by Melissa at Logan International on Friday September 11 Melissa met me as I exited the concourse with her usual...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Reminders Why We Do What...

By now our most recent Britsionary group Team Time and a Half is back safely in the USA after another productive week We were also on guard for the first tropical system to threaten Haiti this past week Tropical Storm Danny As it appeared Danny wo...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Changing the Landscape

Port au Prince is a fascinating place to me I think that my sociologically curious mind cant get enough of the ordered chaos that is the capital city of Haiti It never ceases to amaze me how despite the apparent disorder and seeming absence of soc...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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An Announcement from our ...

First I have to warn everyone I am not nearly as talented as Jonathan and others at writing blogs Im much better at asking how youre pooping today Britsionarys will understand that joke I still cant believe that almost 4 years ago today I became...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Back to School Sort of

If we didnt know by all of the Back to School photos of our friends and family on Facebook we would certainly know it by the commotion and activity here at Be Like Brit in Haiti that the Back to School season is ongoing and upcoming While our Miss...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Simple Joys

What an amazing week it has been this past week at Be Like Brit Like so many others we hosted an incredible Britsionary Group who this week decided to name themselves in honor of our very own Francky Those of you who have been to Be Like Brit know...

  • by Jonathan LaMare

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Endless Hope

In July of 2013 I first went to Haiti as a Britsionary This was my first time doing any sort of service trip A week that proved to dramatically change my life After my experience I was more aware of my life on a daytoday basis What I was choosing ...

  • by Amanda Scanlon

  • Nov 09, 2015

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