We want to thank you for your collaboration in terms of giving both valuable educational advice and financial support.
During June we had two teachers (Benaja and Feronel) and Chris Low go to an XO laptop training using Etoys to make digital animated books. We will be receiving a stock of XO laptops and pilot an [...]
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June Update: Moving Forward
December 2004
December 2004
Dear Friends of The Matènwa Community Learning Center,
Despite all the upheaval, violence, and uncertainty dominating Haiti today, there is still a lighthouse of positive energy pouring out of the Matènwa Community Learning Center. Situated in the mountains on the remote island of La Gonave, with no paved roads to reach it, the community is [...]
Ms. Magazine | Artists of Matenwa: Painting scarves brings rural Haitian women money, pride and hope
GLOBAL NEWS | fall 2004
The Artists of Matènwa
Painting scarves brings rural Haitian women money, pride and hope
by Edwidge Danticat
Matènwa’s scarf painters draw their imagery from history, mythology, the Bible, Vodou and memories of vanished flora and fauna / photo by Ellen LeBow
Life is very hard on La Gonave, a small off-shore island northwest of Port-au-Prince, [...]
November 2002
November 1, 2002
Dear Friends,
The Matènwa Community Learning Center (MCLC), now in it’s 7th year of providing a productive education for children and adults, has been growing steadily with the generous financial help of their supporters outside of Haiti and the continued dedication of it’s community teachers and local leaders. Visits from several committed friends from [...]
