In Guatemala, education is often what empowers students from low-income, rural backgrounds to defy the odds they were born into—each additional year of attending school can make a positive impact on their efforts to break the cycle of poverty. Yurleny was one of those...
Though the commute to the Cincinnati office is not usually surrounded by lush greenery, two of our US staff members got to share their commute with their Guatemalan counterparts in late July when they joined the Rise Scholarship Team in Guatemala to shadow local Rise...
Another year, another Summer Tour season in the books—and as always, this one was full of incredible experiences! The Helping Hands Tour is a special opportunity to connect with Spark students over the course of a week, and every year it’s a heartwarming reminder that...
Evelyn looks every bit the professional chef in her school uniform just months before earning her diploma in gastronomy. Now that she has graduated, she plans to offer courses to other people in her community who like to cook. September 2021. At just 14 years old,...
The pandemic has left us in uncharted territory. But CoEd programs are up to the challenge of leading the way forward—from the Spark Program’s new initiatives for foundational learning recovery at the earliest levels, all the way to the Rise Program, which is getting...
