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Cooperative
for Education was founded in 1996 by Joe and Jeff
Berninger. While teaching English in Guatemala,
Jeff saw the tremendous need for textbooks and library
materials.
Most schools had only teachers
and chalkboards. The quality of education was
very low and dropout rates were very high. In some
areas, illiteracy rates top 70%, the worst
in all of Latin America.
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1995-1996: First
book "cooperative" is founded at La Labor school.
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1996-1997: Project
is expanded to three other schools in San Pedro,
Ayumpuc.
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1997: Cooperative
for Education is founded as a vehicle for
expanding the program to other schools.
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1997-2001: Cooperative
for Education reaches 64 Communities, 73,000 books
delivered, 17,400 children served, and permanent
staff grows to eight.
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2001-2002: Cooperative for
Education offers other innovative and complementary
educational programs to its network of schools,
providing scholarships, libraries, and computer
centers.
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2001-2002: Cooperative for
Education Textbook Model replicated by another organization
in Honduras.
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2002-2003: The Cooperative
for Education reaches 110 communities.
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2003-2004: The Cooperative for Education's
Computer Centers Program grows from 4 to 6 computer
centers, providing highly marketable technical skills
to 2,600 kids.
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2004-2005: CoEd has over 100,000 books in circulation in 121 communities.
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2005-2006: CoEd expands its Sponsorship Program to include not only schools but also computer centers and computer workstations.
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2006-2007: CoEd celebrates its 10th anniversary year, taking its place amongst the mere 10% of non-profits that survive 10 years. The Literacy & Learning Society is founded to celebrate this milestone.
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