The annual cost of education for each child at Matthieu is roughly $100, which importantly includes a mid-day meal, often the only meal these children will receive. On a visit with American students in 2009, we were all surprised to …

 So that Haiti can help itself. Haitians live in scarcity, but they possess grit in abundance. Haitian youth will grow up in a world where they will enjoy few governmental services. There is no garbage collection, no public and few …

Sit and talk with the parents and the children at Matthieu, and you will hear the same refrain: “We want to learn. We want to work. We need an education.” They realize that the future of Haiti depends on it.