Mathieu was running around on the streets of Cite Soleil due to the overwhelming poverty of his family, a very common issue in Haiti.

He was one of the kids from Cite Soleil that was chosen by a gang leader to be placed in the orphanage in 2017.

When the facility shut down, we were successful in reuniting Mathieu with his mother and one sibling. They have been doing well considering the unrest in a gang-controlled area of Haiti where they live.

It is time for us to move him and his family closer to the rest of the Haiti Mama family, in our new rural location. We have secured the funds to move them, however, the family needs financial support while they are relocating and working on vocational skills to be able to support their family in their new community.

Mathieu is currently 14 years old and will be going into the 5th grade this fall.