The Breakfast Club at Matenwa provides a hot, nutritious breakfast to preschool, elementary, and secondary students every school day. Many children arrive at school hungry, making it hard to focus and learn. For $30 a month, you'll ensure that one child starts each morning nourished and ready to learn--sharing breakfast with classmates, building healthy routines, and gaining the focus and energy they need to learn, grow, and thrive.
In rural Haiti, hunger is one of the biggest barriers to learning. Many children arrive at school having eaten little or nothing, making it hard to concentrate, participate, or retain what they learn. At the Matenwa Community Learning Center on Lagonav Island, educators saw this challenge clearly--and responded with a simple, effective solution: breakfast at school, every morning.
The Breakfast Club provides a hot, nutritious breakfast to preschool, elementary, and secondary school students before classes begin. For $30/month you can provide one child breakfast every school day--fueling their bodies, supporting healthy development, and allowing them to fully engage in learning. This is not an emergency feeding program. It is a daily, dignified routine, woven into the life of the school. Children eat together in their classrooms, supported by teachers they know and trust.
The consistency matters: students who start the day nourished are calmer, more focused, and better able to participate in the child-centered, Haitian Creole-based education that Matenwa is known for. The Breakfast Club is designed to strengthen--not replace--family responsibility. Parents remain deeply involved in their children's education, and the program complements household efforts in a context where food insecurity, inflation, and limited market access make reliable nutrition difficult.
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