Mark Haywood

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, MARVELOUS WAYS INTERNATIONAL

Mark Haywood is Co-founder & President of (MWI) Marvelous Ways International. MWI is an innovation NGO developing solutions for young people in dangerous communities around the globe.


Mark has more than 15 years of experience in international and urban community development, leading community and faith-based projects in the US, Kenya, Honduras, Haiti, Costa Rica and beyond. Mark's focus is on issues related to youth migration, homelessness, and gang involvement. Mark was the program architect for a solution model to the "street boys" challenge in Kenya which is now being adopted and mandated by county governments in Western Kenya. Mark and MWI are currently testing machine-learning predictive model technology in Honduran Public Schools capable of identifying individual probabilities of migration and desertion outcomes.   

Mark also serves in leadership on US and international non-profit boards as well as one of the top 2% diverse churches in the US near his home in Tampa. Mark is a proud husband and father of three and has admitted weaknesses for empty calories and Syracuse University Football. Mark welcomes new friends, collaborators and critics at every opportunity.


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