Matènwa Community School

Children and teachers engage in hands-on education, critical thinking, and mutual respect.

Institute for Learning

Teacher training for schools seeking to find a more effective way to teach.

Mother Tongue Books

Empowering children to become literate by reading and writing in their native language.

Women’s Leadership Fund

Seven Matènwa graduates are now continuing their university education—fully supported for the year—thanks to this community.

Creole Gardens

Students cultivate organic produce, practice environmental stewardship.

Summer Camp

Inspiring meaningful exchanges that strengthen community ties and inspire collaborative learning.

Art Matènwa

Nurturing creative expression by supporting women artisans.

Community Outreach

Help students and families care for elders and build lasting food security.

College Scholarships

Matènwa grads who've earned full-tuition scholarships need your help to cover costs like housing, meals, books, and more.

Support Matènwa programs

Friends of Matènwa works alongside foundations, NGOs, faith communities, schools, corporations, and individual volunteers who share a commitment to child-centered, Haitian Creole-based education. Together, we help ensure that the Matènwa Community Learning Center (MCLC) has the resources it needs to foster joyful learning, strengthen food security through school and family gardens, and build community leadership for the long term.

These partnerships are rooted in solidarity, mutual learning, and respect—connecting Matènwa with allies around the world who invest not only in programs but in the vision and leadership of the community itself.

Our Partners

  • ACPrint & Design
  • AMURT
  • Ansara Family Fund
  • Ayiti Community Trust
  • Bethel International Christian Ministry
  • Beyond Borders
  • Clermont Foundation
  • Disney Matching Gifts Program
  • First Haitian Church of God of Prophecy
  • Global Giving
  • Google Inc. Matching Program
  • GreaterGood.org
  • Haiti Response Coalition
  • Haitian Community Help & Support Center
  • McMillan-Stewart Foundation
  • Once Here Foundation
  • OneDiaspora
  • Plus1
  • School Sisters of Notre Dame
  • Second Union Church of San Juan
  • Sharon Andrea Lee-Brun Memorial for BAYO Fund
  • St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Lincoln
  • St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Boston
  • The First Parish Church of Lincoln
  • The First Parish Church of Watertown
  • World Vision

Participating Schools

  • Caribbean School, Inc.
  • Colegio Puertorriqueno de Ninas
  • Commonwealth-Parkville School
  • Fayerweather Street School
  • Malden High School
  • MCA Academy
  • TASIS Dorado
  • Westford Academy, MA
MSF
Ayiti Community Trust
Sharon Andrea Lee-Brun Memorial for BAYO Fund