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| Personal Stories from CoEd Projects |
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As the number of successful CoEd projects grows, so do the individuals behind these numbers—the students, teachers and principals.
A recent independent evaluation of CoEd by Marroquín University in Guatemala City documented the lives of these individuals through numerous interviews and surveys. Below are stories about some of the many people who benefit from your support.
For more stories or a complete report on this evaluation, please contact coed@fuse.net or 513-731-2595, x. 7. |
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 Florentina Puac Puac
Graduate, Santiago Cooperative School
There is little about Florentina Puac Puac that stands out. It’s not that she is so average, but, rather, that she is all too typical.
Florentina is a 16-year-old Quiché Indian. This immediately puts her in double jeopardy: she is female, and she is indigenous. Either of these would be enough to relegate her to a back bench in Guatemalan society...
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 Aracely Sapor
Teacher, Tecpán National School
Aracely Sapor gives her own unique and personal endorsement of the various CoEd programs. Her experiences with CoEd are so unique because she has benefited first as a teacher and only then as a student.
Aracely is in her mid-thirties, married with two sons and a daughter. Her husband has been severely handicapped for the past four years, ever since a car accident that fractured his femur. Since he has not been able to work, the burden of supporting the family has fallen entirely to Aracely...
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 Luis Castillo
Graduate, Tecpán National School
Cabeza de engranaje.
In any language, Luis Castillo could truly be called a gear head. Not that he looks like one. No glasses taped at the nose piece. No pocket guard with pens and pencils crammed into it. No short sleeved shirt buttoned at the neck. Actually, Luis is a pretty cool-looking dude for 16—tending to casual tees and blue jeans. He’s also a whiz on the basketball court. It’s just that he loves computers...
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 Ovidio Flores Ortiz
Graduate, Santiago Cooperative School
When Maria Elena Ortiz lost her husband some fifteen years ago, she was left to raise two sons by herself. For any ordinary woman this would be a daunting task under the best of circumstances. The present situation in Guatemala cannot be considered the best of circumstances by any stretch of the imagination. Not when women are relegated to second-class status, with few educational and job opportunities. But Maria Elena is no ordinary woman. She was determined that both her sons would make something of themselves. She has been working towards this goal since they were small boys...
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