We’re Joining Girls CHARGE!
We know that you understand the importance of education for kids in rural Guatemala, and especially for the chicas. But did you know that USAID has stated that “educating girls yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing...
Staff Profile: Jess!
This month marks 15 years since our beloved Jess started working with CoEd! She serves as our Liaison to Rotary International and plays a key role in the Guatemala Literacy Project (GLP). The GLP is our collaboration with Rotarians and Rotary clubs around the world,...
Spotlight on the Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation
In addition to our FABULOUS scholarship sponsors and famous friends, there are a host of foundations that have chosen to throw their weight behind the Thousand Girls Initiative. Today we’d like to introduce you to one of them: the Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation. The...
Fall Fiesta: Ready for another Record-Breaking Year?
You blew us all away at last year’s Fall Fiesta by raising nearly $170,000 for CoEd’s educational programs in Guatemala. That’s right, $170,000. And we know that we can do it again this year! Hopefully we’ve given you enough time to recover from last year’s party. You...
CoEd Staff Share Their Essential Guatemala Travel Items
Ever wondered what our seasoned, Guatemala-trotting staff make sure to always pack when they head to the Land of Eternal Spring? This month we took a survey to find out. Check out our favorite travel items and get excited for your next (or first!) Guatemalan...
Dora María Cardenas Figueroa: A Classroom Transformed
Before the Culture of Reading Program (CORP) arrived at Agua Dulce school, Dora María’s classroom looked like most other first- and second-grade classrooms in rural Guatemala. There were no storybooks, just a whiteboard and some markers. Dora María used the teaching...
Santa Lucia: A School of Poets
In February, 31 volunteers travelled to Guatemala with us and helped Santa Lucía middle school celebrate the inauguration of their Textbook Program. It was a momentous occasion, filled with sunshine, laughter, music, dancing, and some very important words spoken by...
On Sponsors and Students: “You Are Important to Me”
When Rebecca Wilks went on her first CoEd tour in 2007, she never imagined that she and her husband Marco would end up changing a young person's life—and being changed by her in return. But as she ate lunch with a friend and the two Scholarship Program students that...
Cande Daniela: On the Path to Healing
"The computer will be a tool I can use to defend myself against any problems I face." Cande dreams of a better future not just for herself, but for others as well: “Where I’m from there are a lot of people who die without the help of a doctor. I want to help those...
Introducing: The Heritage Tour!
Guess what, everyone? This summer we'll be piloting a NEW KIND OF TOUR to Guatemala and we are SO EXCITED for our first run! In our 20 years of leading trips to Guatemala, we've had plenty of adoptive families on board, but we are thrilled to now offer these families...