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Behind the Scenes: Follow a Site Visit with the Rise Team

Though the commute to the Cincinnati office is not usually surrounded by lush greenery, two of our US staff members got to share their commute with their Guatemalan counterparts in late July when they joined the Rise Scholarship Team in Guatemala to shadow local Rise...

Top 6 Memories from Summer 2024 Tours

Another year, another Summer Tour season in the books—and as always, this one was full of incredible experiences! The Helping Hands Tour is a special opportunity to connect with Spark students over the course of a week, and every year it’s a heartwarming reminder that...

Evelyn: Cooking Up Career Success

Evelyn looks every bit the professional chef in her school uniform just months before earning her diploma in gastronomy. Now that she has graduated, she plans to offer courses to other people in her community who like to cook. September 2021. At just 14 years old,...

Henry: A Formula for Success

Henry entered CoEd’s Rise Program in 2017 as a shy ninth-grader. Today, he’s a successful graduate thanks to his own hard work, his family’s investment in him, and his Rise sponsors—who believed in his future. They say hard work pays off, but what do...

Jeydi: The Art of Ambition

Jeydi, an 8th grader with a bright future, is determined to become a pediatrician and own her own business someday. Thanks to CoEd’s Rise Youth Development Program, she is one step closer to achieving her dreams! Meet Jeydi, an ambitious 8th grader from Santa...

A Continued Commitment to Guatemala: Interview with Jeff Berninger

Joe and Jeff Berninger may not have known how things would unfold when they founded Cooperative for Education (CoEd) in 1996, but wow, are we glad they did! Starting from humble beginnings at a kitchen table in a tiny Guatemala City apartment, they launched CoEd with...