Your Invitation
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Atrium School
69 Grove Street, Watertown, MA
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Matènwa Community Learning Center
Annual fundraiser
On March 21st, 2009, the Friends of the Matènwa are hosting An Evening of Education and Hope to tell the story of a remarkable school in the remote mountain area of Matènwa, Haiti. Especially challenged by an [...]
Dear Friends,
Happy holidays! The Matènwa Community Learning Center has finally caught up with the 21st century! Now you can read all about us at www.matenwaclc.org.
I am so happy to share some of our recent accomplishments and new ventures. For the next several years Juliette and I will be living in Haiti from February to August [...]
The Belmont Day School is an independent school that began partnering with the Matènwa Community Learning Center (MCLC) about a year ago. This year, students, family and friends pitched in to support the children of Matènwa through a fun and healthy activity. Here’s their story.
The good news is that no one has died. The painful reality is that the people of Matenwa are going hungry. The few crops they had left have been washed away. 39 of the poorest families homes were severely damaged, walls fallen and washed away. Abner fears some children will die without food aid.
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 [...]
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, [...]
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