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...