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.

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Bayo! Showing you the Real Haiti!

Jun 11, 2018

Our Own Strong G sings in BAYO

I feel so proud of Strong G. He was just a teenager when volunteer Owen Thomas showed him how to use Garage Band on one of our new Apple computers that was part of our new Rotary International funded library. He started producing his own social conscious music videos about life in the Haitian countryside. Then he was discovered by Zach Lee, who brought Beat Making Lab to Matènwa Community Learning Center. Apple financed the project and the original partners of BML: Pierce Freelon and Stephen Levitin produced the music video "Danse Konsa". Michael Brun came to Matènwa to work on this project and became a mentor to Strong G and a friend of Matènwa.

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Matènwa’s First Day Back — Sept. 2026

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