As we near the end of the year, the BEB team is also focusing on the theme of gratitude. We want you to know how thankful we are for you as part of the BEB family. Because of your support we are expanding into new countries and ultimately impacting thousands of children around the world.

A few of our international team members have shared what they are grateful for below; we hope it gives you an inside look into the passionate people behind the mission at BEB to transform global child welfare.

Honduras Team

What are you thankful for in your own life this year?

I am thankful for my family, my friends, my job, and my coworkers. I am thankful that despite the global health crisis we have all stayed safe and in good health. I am thankful for another year of life that I have shared with my brothers and my parents.

Why are you personally grateful to be a part of the BEB team?

I am grateful to be part of the BEB team because it is a workplace that gives me the opportunity to do good for the children of my country. It makes me happy to be part of a team that, inside and outside my country, that works so hard and is so dedicated to making a real change in the world.

-René Mejía

What are you thankful for in your own life this year?

I am thankful for the health and life of my loved ones, my family, my team members, for my work and the impact we are having in our country. I am thankful for true friendships and the blessings I have received.

Why are you personally grateful to be a part of the BEB team?

To be part of BEB team means to help Honduras in the present and the future, to help children feel loved and be loved by a family, I am grateful to be part of something this big and for Children First Software. I am also grateful that we are a big team with same objectives, same heart and same goals. I feel blessed to have such amazing and wonderful people to work with.

-Fabiola Pineda

What are you thankful for in your own life this year?

This year has been the beginning of a new life style after a pandemic that was challenging for everyone, that’s why first of all I am very thankful for my health and the health of my love ones. Every year I am thankful to have every single member of my family and friends doing fine and been with me as an everyday support. I am thankful for my work and been able to keep working for a great cause, for a great reason and to been around people with great hearts and minds. I am thankful for every single moment I have experienced and share this year.

Why are you personally grateful to be a part of the BEB team?

I am grateful to be part of BEB everyday because all I remember is the great cause and reason we are working for, we are working for children wellness, to give the opportunity to others to have great opportunities, to save every single child from a cruel work and give them a shelter or a family where they can develop all their skills, been and feel loved every day. I am grateful to been able to work with such amazing people around the world, that has put their hands and minds together to develop a system and software that will change the way we see the process of adoption around the world.

-Isabel Lazo

Dominican Republic Team

What are you thankful for in your own life this year?

I’m thankful for my family. Thankful for having good health, even when three of us got Covid, but were able to recover completely. I’m thankful for being part of a loving community, relatives, friends, and co-workers who support me in good times, and always encourage me, when things are not going so well.

-Mario Matos

I feel very thankful for the opportunity to keep my family together after all that is happening with the pandemic, as well as having integrated even more with the whole team, also thankful for all accomplishments, we, as a team, have had to make CFS moving forward always; all around the globe.

–Osdwall Logroño

This year I’ve been truly blessed with professional growth, as I was able to complete my college studies, started working with BEB, and I am deeply thankful for it I’m also grateful because my family has kept good health.

–Argelia Matos

Why are you personally grateful to be a part of the BEB team?

I grateful to be part of the BEB global family. For the huge impact BEB is making on behalf of children living in institution worldwide.

-Mario Matos

I feel grateful every time I see a story, from a child or NGO partner explaining how BEB has helped the process of children into beloved families, making the entire system faster than ever to accomplish the goal to get all children into beloved families.

–Osdwall Logroño

Since I got into BEB I am even more aware of how important a happy family is in order to enjoy of a healthy society. There are so many families that are struggling, and many children suffer the consequences of broken families. I am proud to be a part of the solution thanks to the work of BEB.

–Argelia Matos

Guatemala

I am so grateful that my family is growing, and that everyone is healthy. To able to spend time with them is priceless. To sum it up, FAMILY! They are my strength when I am missing it and my true source of happiness.

I am grateful to be a part of the BEB team mainly because I get to be a part of a movement that is growing more and more. To be a part of a movement that is helping children in my country have a higher possibility of finding their forever family. I cannot Imagine to be in their shoes. If I can help be a part of their forever family it brings me joy and feel so blessed and grateful. As I mentioned in my first point, Family is of the upmost importance and to help kids find that love is truly a gift.

-Angel Matias