What Sponsoring a Student Means to Me
Sponsoring a student is a one-to-one relationship between a Guatemalan student and the donor who makes it possible for the student to continue in school past sixth grade. But sponsoring a student in CoEd’s Rise Program is so much more than just providing an academic...
2019 Report Card
Report cards are in! As the next decade begins (I know, we can't believe it either!), it's time for us to reflect on how our programs performed in 2019 and share our findings with you, the people who make this all possible. Here at CoEd, we evaluate the success of our...
Rise Graduate Meets Michelle Obama
Education made this possible. Ancelma was born in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, where 95% of students never graduate from high school. Through Cooperative for Education’s programs, Ancelma beat these odds, earned her diploma, and broke the cycle of poverty in...
Best of Guatemala Travel Recommendations 2019
Thank you all for joining us here for our first ever Best of Guatemala Travel Recommendations! After spending time on a project tour with Cooperative for Education (CoEd), volunteers often ask to stay a little while longer in Guatemala. I mean who wouldn’t after...
Give by December 31 and your gift will be matched up to $25,000!
Take a moment to reminisce with me. What was your childhood like? Was it anything like mine? I grew up in your typical Midwest, middle-class home with my parents and four siblings—two brothers and two sisters. Our parents worked hard to provide for us, but we were...