Deili Peruch has lived outside the village of San Vicente Buenabaj with her eight siblings all her life. She had never touched the keys of a computer keyboard or explored life beyond her isolated community. That is, until CoEd set up a computer center at her school....
Have you ever wondered how the very first CoEd Computer Centers received their computers? Wait, what am I saying? Of course you have! Well, my friends, we used to collect donated computers and ship them to Guatemala ourselves (with some much appreciated help from...
It’s easy to envision a 19-year-old who can hardly be pried away from technology. But you wouldn’t be taking this teenager away from games or internet chat rooms—you’d be interrupting his research on Microsoft Encarta. The Cooperative for Education (CoEd) Computer...
A quiet sadness lurks behind Ivonne Barrios’ deep brown eyes. She possesses a solemn maturity beyond her 21 years of age—characteristic of someone who has had an incredibly tough life. However, Ivonne doesn’t waste time feeling sorry for herself. She doesn’t complain....
Seventeen-year-old Werner Álvarez does not quite fit in with the fading paint and muted walls of Tacajalvé Cooperative School, where he attends eighth grade. He is bright and alert. His deep brown eyes light up as he discusses topics he likes to research on the...
