Celebrating an Empowered Future in Guatemala
Layers of dust coat the cracked concrete floor of Chiquival Cooperative School’s dilapidated gymnasium. A makeshift stage at the front of the room is strewn with streamers and balloons. Students, teachers, and visitors dance together under the modest aluminum roof,...
Friday Photo Fiesta: Guatemalan Weaving
Friday Photo Fiesta is back, y'all! Exciting stuff, we know. Guatemala is known for its colorful and intricate fabrics and weavings. It is indeed rare to find a traveler to Guatemala who can resist the allure of a brightly colored textile (or twenty). Just look at our...
Literacy in Guatemala
Imagine you are seven years old and have never come in contact with a single book. This is reality for many rural Guatemalan children. CoEd’s Culture of Reading Program is transforming these students into competent, enthusiastic readers....
Top 5 Moments from the February Project Tours
57 volunteers. 18 school visits. Hundreds of students, parents, and teachers. Thousands of pictures. How can one possibly select only FIVE moments from all of the above?! Somehow the "Top 1,000,000 Moments" just doesn't have the same ring to it, so alas, we tried our...
State of the Union Address
Just as we expect a state of the union address each year, we want to give you an annual "State of the Cooperative" address as well. CoEd's recently published Annual Report does exactly that. A few highlights from the report include a look at our #1 ranking on Charity...