Meet Adoptees With Guatemalan Roots
The following post was written by the Adoptee Advocates of Adoptees With Guatemalan Roots. If you want to learn more about this organization, head over to www.guateroots.org.Over 30,000 children were adopted from Guatemala before international adoption closed in 2008....
CoEd’s Response to COVID-19
We're in the process of complying with Government Agreement 229-2014: Regulations on Health and Security at Work and its reforms Government Agreement 79-2020 and 146-2020.In times like these where most things are uncertain, we know that there’s one thing we can always...
Sparking Creativity During COVID-19
These past few months have been incredibly challenging for everyone around the world, especially for our brothers and sisters in Guatemala. Schools remain closed, leaving millions of students to continue their education from home. And to add to the problem, many...
The Rise Ripple Effect
Just like throwing a stone into a pond, sponsoring a student in the Rise Youth Development Program creates ripples that not only impact one student's life for the better, but continues to impact generation after generation of students in Guatemala.But don’t just take...
CoEd’s Commitment to Equality
For the past 24 years, Cooperative for Education has fought against poverty, racism, and injustice in Guatemala. We seek to provide educational opportunities to rural, indigenous Guatemalans, who have historically suffered the highest levels of discrimination and...
Delivering Food to Families in Need
It’s 11:00 am and you wouldn't believe how hard the scorching sun hits when you're nearly 7,000 feet up in the mountains of San José Poaquil in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. The scene is almost surreal. A community leader, officially appointed by the local government,...
Guest Blogger: Lilly Gieseke
The following post was written by CoEd supporter and tour veteran, Lilly Gieseke.I wanted to tell you all about the Helping Hands Tour, during which you stay at one school for the entire week, painting it and getting to know the people there. This is mixed with a...
A Message from Evelyn Roquel, Rise Program Coordinator
Dear Sponsors, It’s a pleasure for me to write to you and to share what the Rise Team in CoEd has been up to. We have maintained communication with each other, transmitting confidence, strength, security, and above all, a positive attitude (which undoubtedly...
Your support is helping thousands of students learn from home!
For years your gifts have helped Guatemalan communities—some of the poorest and most illiterate people in the world—transform their quality of education. And those gifts continue to help today, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although schools are closed in...
The Journey to the Center of Ak’Tenamit
In the eastern part of Guatemala, lays a school by the name of Ak’Tenamit. Ak’Tenamit serves as a boarding school for students in grades 7-12, and is one of the newest members of the CoEd Computer Centers Program. With the addition of new computer equipment, they will...