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Six Years On Love Lives Here

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 bellies Protected from...

  • Jan 10, 2016

  • by Jonathan Lamare

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2015 A Year in Review

In just two days on January 5th we will mark th...

  • by Jonathan Lamare

  • Jan 03, 2016

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3 Years Later Program Committe...

Last week I had the pleasure of flying back in ...

  • by Jonathan Lamare

  • Dec 13, 2015

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Friends Old and New

Its been quite the week for us at Be Like Brit both in Haiti and in the USA While we welcomed a visit from Cherylann who kept us all busy with planning all the amazing things were working on for 2016 were also busy in the USA planning for the Chri...

  • by Jonathan Lamare

  • Dec 06, 2015

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Thanks and Gratitude

We hope that all of our friends enjoyed a safe and happy Thanksgiving Holiday Despite some of the very sad events happening around our world from natural disasters war political crises gun violence and more we do have much to be thankful for While...

  • 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It Is What It Is

Sometimes things just simply do not go as planned For our Britsionary groups a constant theme and reminder for them from the moment they apply to be Britsionarys to the very last minute they are traveling our ongoing reminder is Its Haiti Things h...

  • 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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