Matthew's Mission of Hope and Joy.org began because of the great need that I saw in Haiti in 2013.  After working with another organization, I came to the conclusion that more was needed to help them overcome their lack of food, clothing, housing and education.  I had been working in the country from July of 2013 and was not able to get back into the country after 2019 when violence broke out.  However, I had a young boy and his family who I had taken care of since 2013.  I have a team of Haitian people who I had been working with since 2013, who keep things running on the ground.  We have established a Christian Church, found housing for 24 families, educate any student who wants to go to school, and we established a feeding program. After visiting the Dominican Republic and meeting people who ran another organization, I discovered that there were many Hatians who came across the border to escape the violence in Haiti--they live in squaller--our organization now has a feeding program in place for a community with over 100 families that our partners are supporting by delivering food to the people when we are now on the ground.  We also have started doing medical clinics in Guatemala and are looking into opening a clinic in a town that has no medical support--hopefully this will be in operation in the next year.  We also support another organization by purching and sending teams to buildbunk beds for indigeneous children in Guatemala that live in one room huts.  This organization started with a goal to help feed, house and educate in Haiti, but we now have a much larger scope as we see how great the need is globably.  It is our hope to be a global organization that goes out to serve people whereever the need may be!  We believe that loving on all people creates mutual respect for each other and at some point they will no longer need our presence and can become self-sufficient creating a healthier lifestyle for future generations.