Edgar Elías Colop: Receiving the Gift of Education
Two days after Edgar Elías Colop’s 15th birthday, he received an unlikely gift—textbooks from complete strangers. Like all of his fellow ninth-graders at Parracaná Cooperative School in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Edgar had never used textbooks in class until the CoEd...
One Mom’s Legacy to Her Daughter’s Birth Country
Remember Berta Alicia, the girl who simply refused to give up on her dreams? As with every CoEd scholarship student, her path to success was paved by a key player in her life: her sponsor. Nearly a decade ago, Carrie Schmidt decided to adopt a child from Guatemala....
Berta Alicia Chancho Vit: Choosing a New Path in Guatemala
“I have always wanted to study and graduate from high school,” Berta Alicia says. While that might seem like a reasonable goal, it is anything but easy—in rural Guatemala, 80% of indigenous students drop out of school by the seventh grade. Thanks to Berta Alicia’s...
5 Reasons 2015 was #AwesomeYear
We don't know if you're aware, but it's already 2016 (nothing gets past us!). The new school year in Guatemala has started, and teacher training is well underway. We have some very exciting things in the works for y'all this year (hint: that was us dropping a hint),...
CORP Teacher Wins National Prize in Guatemala
Sixth-grade teacher Sergio Jiménez Valenzuela just received a big boost of confidence by being one of ten teachers in the entire country of Guatemala to receive a prestigious national prize called "Maestro 100 Puntos". What helped him get to this point? Why, the...