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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Learning to Care for What We Share

Sep 11, 2026

Sometimes learning at Matènwa looks like this: preschoolers happily giving their LEGOs a bath.

It’s a small moment, but it says something important about life at Matènwa Community Learning Center. From their earliest years, children learn that their classroom is a community—and they have a role in caring for it.

Working together to clean the toys they share helps our youngest students practice cooperation, responsibility, and care for one another and their environment. And, as you can see, they manage to have a lot of fun doing it.

At MCLC, children don’t just learn in their community. They learn how to be active, contributing members of it.

Watch our preschoolers at work—and try not to smile.

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