Growing up in the United States I remember very clearly how much the notion of pride and patriotism in ones country was emphasized Whether it was sitting on the banks of the Saranac River in Plattsburgh NY watching the fireworks commemorate our Independence on Ju...
May 15, 2016
by Bernie Gengel
After an exciting week with our friends from Holy Name Junior and Senior High School in Worcester we are rolling into the last week of April and we cant quite believe it Holy Name sends a group down each year and we love the dynamic that having hi...
by Jonathan LaMare
Apr 24, 2016
Its been another busy week here in Haiti and while we often share with you our plans and strategies for sustaining the orphanage and the organization as a whole we dont often talk to you about growth Thats right with as much as we have going on al...
by Jonathan Lamare
Apr 17, 2016
It is hard to believe we are a full 10 days into the month of April 2016 already and weve done anything but slow down here at Be Like Brit Having returned later in the week from a trip to the United States working at the Be Like Brit office in Wor...
by Jonathan Lamare
Apr 09, 2016
After a wonderful Easter holiday the children all finally made their way back to school this past week and we are anxiously awaiting their report cards due sometime this coming week The children truly do love the opportunity to go to school they r...
by Jonathan Lamare
Apr 03, 2016
With the children on Easter holiday from school this past week having just wrapped up from taking their quarterly exams for their report cards it was an especially busy and hectic week here at Be Like Brit We also had the pleasure of hosting the A...
by Jonathan Lamare
Mar 27, 2016
Its been just over a week since Madame Love joined the Be Like Brit Haiti Team serving as our Haiti Administrator and working alongside Weenshy in Operations One of the things that we as an organization have struggled with is the cultural gap be...
by Love Pun
Mar 17, 2016
So many memories roll through me and I realize that this is who we are memories and shared experiences This is what ties us all together Words from Melissa Its not very often you meet a group of people who barely know one anot...
by Jonathan Lamare
Mar 14, 2016
We recently had the pleasure of hosting Mark and Judy Bloomberg as longterm Britsionarys Our longterm program is designed to bring professional level volunteers to Haiti and contribute to the overall programming in a meaningful and significant way...
by Jonathan Lamare
Feb 22, 2016
Welcome to Be Like Brit our Haiti home Together Len and I raised Britney Bernie and Richie in a house filled with love While we were building Brits Orphanage in the months and years after her death we knew that we wanted Be Like Brit to be a ho...
by Cherylann Gengel
Feb 18, 2016
One of the greatest thing about our Britsionary program in my opinion is the fact that not only does it build homes for those in need here in the area around Be Like Brit but it builds lasting friendships and bonds between volunteers and helps to ...
by Jonathan Lamare
Jan 31, 2016
If you were to tune into your nightly news or to run a Google search on Haiti you would almost certainly think that the world was coming to an end down here Google results still include images of the earthquake almost exclusively more than six yea...
by Jonathan Lamare
Jan 24, 2016
This past week at Be Like Brit was special for a number of reasons We hosted an incredible group from College of the Holy Cross who built a home for one of our own security guards who is expecting his first child with his girlfriend in the coming ...
by Jonathan Lamare
Jan 17, 2016
As the sun rises this morning of January 10 2016 we here in Haiti wake up in a home which is very filled with love and laughter Our 66 children and our group of Britsionarys enjoyed a safe and secure night climbing into clean beds with full bellie...
by Jonathan Lamare
Jan 10, 2016
In just two days on January 5th we will mark three full years since the dedication of Brits Orphanage in an ecumenical ceremony held before more than a hundred family and friends here in Grand Gove We cant quite wrap our heads around the fact that...
by Jonathan Lamare
Jan 03, 2016
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...
by Jonathan Lamare
Dec 13, 2015
