2026 Annual Newsletter
A Matènwa grad named Teacher of the Year, 341 hot breakfasts every school morning, and 16 graduates in university: take a bird’s-eye tour of our campus to see where it all happens.
October 2026 Good News Update
Four more Matènwa graduates have begun university. They join a growing group of our young people pursuing degrees with a […]…
Education That Belongs to Everyone (1:14)
MCLC is built by the community and sustained by you. Your solidarity helps Matènwa’s vision take root and grow….
Our First-Ever Virtual Visit to Matènwa!
Join us for our first-ever virtual visit to Matènwa, with Chris Low live from the campus of the Matènwa Community […]…
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Ringing in the New Year with New Homes!
Walter’s house is the first to be completed since we began rebuilding after Hurricane Matthew. We have been working hard to repair and build using a method that is not only sturdy, but environmentally friendly. The houses are made with the usual mixes of sand and…
Hurricane Matthew’s Damage Assessment
Hurricane Matthew is old news for some, but not for the people who were hit by it. For those of you interested in the damage assessment of the whole island of Lagonav here is a chart below. We thank all of you who have contributed to our Hurricane fund to help our…
Vi Nèg Andeyò (4:09)
A look at the harsh realities of rural life on Lagonav, where families work the land to sustain themselves.
Restavèk (5:11)
A dramatic portrayal of a child’s life in restavèk, a system of domestic servitude in Haiti.
Thank you Sue Fiallo!
Thank you Sue Fiallo for bringing Friends of Matènwa a donation of soccer uniforms and socks and goalie uniforms from Tasis School in Puerto Rico all the way to Boston. We also appreciate the mosquito nets, which are especially needed after Hurricane Matthew. I will…
Fundraising Events in the UK!
What a gift it was when Johanna wrote to me to express her desire to help Matènwa after Hurricane Matthew. She had already started a GoFUndMe page and was planning a series of other events. Thanks to you and all your hard-working friends for putting together a…
November 2016 Update
Dear friends of Matènwa, It has been nearly a month since Hurricane Matthew ripped through Matènwa, but the aftermath of destruction remains. From massive loss of crops to piles of rubble where homes once stood, the devastation is brutal for those who are lacking…
Recycle Reuse Rebuild!
The Matènwa Community School is using your donations to turn the hurricane disaster into an opportunity to show our neighbors how to use the ever mounting trash of plastic bottles to rebuild their walls. This technique is successfully being used in many countries as a…
Now I am vulnerable, I don’t know about my future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTnfM9T5s8
Mèsiyis
Mèsiyis is a bit beside himself after the hurricane. Quietly distressed, he starts talking about himself in third person. As an elderly man, there is no work for him to acquire the money it would take to buy some cement to add to his mix of limestone and rocks….
LKM Getting on Its Feet After the Hurricane
I am proud to share that LKM opened its doors today,, giving their students a sense of normalcy today. They also had a meeting with several of the other school directors from our 40 school network on Lagonav. Already our partners at Beyond Borders have started to fund…
Animals Lost in Hurricane Matthew
https://youtu.be/OQ_BIdlFyig The neighbors around the Matènwa Community School do not have much. And now they have even less. The nation that liberated themselves from slavery, this great black nation, continues to suffer because of the history of greed and…