There is always so much going on with Be Like Brit not just in Haiti but in both our Worcester and our Delray Beach offices in the USA too Add Melissa in London to the mix who handles all of our Britsionary applications background checks scheduling and flight pur...
Feb 12, 2017
by Jonathan LaMare
The other night as I was walking out of the office just as the children were finishing up with their own dinner I noticed our social worker Madame Gina sitting down to eat with a group of 10 or so of our children This was a bit unusual as of all o...
by Jonathan Lamare
May 29, 2016
Yes the title of this blog is a painfully corny playonwords to the equally painful 1990 film Men at Work I couldnt help myself and beg of your forgiveness now We have had an overwhelming week here at Be Like Brit starting with the arrival of Len a...
by Bernie Gengel
May 21, 2016
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 In...
by Bernie Gengel
May 15, 2016
Birthday parties holiday celebrations baseball games family dinners going to church family bike rides learning how to swim broken bones tears from bullying and broken hearts struggles in school hugs kisses I love yous and so much more are just som...
by Bernie Gengel
May 07, 2016
I froze I felt the smile slowly slide off my face I stared at the picture of the beautiful Haitian sunrise in my hand My eyes fell on the colors in the skydeep blue and orange and pink and grayand on the layers of verdurous mountains that seeme...
by Bernie Gengel
May 01, 2016
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
