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...
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...
Happy 1-year anniversary! On April 1, 2016, we officially launched the Thousand Girls Initiative, a massive expansion of our Scholarship & Youth Development Program that will help 1,000 young Guatemalan women avoid an all too common fate: dropping out of school...
Are you excited for 2017 with Guatemalan students yet!? 2015 was #Awesomeyear, 2016 was even better, and 2017 is gonna be the best yet. Take a peek at what lies in store for you, CoEd supporters: ONE Inaugurating our new Education Center, which will consolidate our...
On September 1st, nearly 300 people gathered in the town of Santiago Sacatepéquez to watch as Guatemala’s Ministry of Education bestowed its Merit of Honor Award on one worthy institution in the region of Sacatepéquez—and that institution was CoEd! According to our...
As anyone sponsoring a student in the Rise Program (formerly the Scholarship Program) will tell you, our students are AWESOME. Exhibit A: Did you know that 53% of Rise Program graduates are now helping to pay for their younger siblings’ education? Incredible.These...
