To Thrive
A Marlborough, MA nonprofit caring for and teaching skills to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities couldn’t fill positions for years. But after they learned that Haitian migrants at a shelter in a nearby Econo Lodge had received work authorization, the leadership at Thrive Support and Advocacy sought to hire them, allowing them to expand their programs. Many of the people hired stayed close, attending social events and living in the same apartment buildings.
Boston Globe story written by Katie Johnston, photographed by Andrew Burke-Stevenson.
Sindy Micourt hugs resident Kristen Camacho at the Thrive Support and Advocacy center in Marlborough. Camacho was stressed about her irritated eye.
Lovely Alexandre helps her daughter Lovemica walk over to Lovely's husband Jean Ronald Pinthievre in their Marlborough apartment. Lovely and her family arrived in the United States in 2023.
Sindy makes a bed while cleaning a Thrive resident’s room.
Thrive resident Sharon Myrick high-fives Sindy.
Sindy puts her hand on resident John Firman’s shoulder before helping him fix a snack.
Sindy (right) and Ramene Herard pause while working at the Thrive Support and Advocacy center.
Vudithe Amazan Moise hugged Roskenlove Dorcelus, 3, at a combined birthday and gender reveal party in Worcester.
Confetti fell as Rosmy Dorcelus (center in white shirt) and Darlene Noriston (obscured in back) learned their next child is a girl during a gender reveal in Worcester.
Alex Louis, 17, hugged Darlene after the confetti.