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DONATE ALONG WITH US
Website: https://coeduc.org
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Cooperative for Education (CoEd) works to break the cycle of poverty in Guatemala through education. The organization provides educational resources and opportunities to indigenous Mayan schoolchildren in underserved communities across Guatemala’s Central and Western Highlands. Since 1996, CoEd has reached more than 295,000 children through textbook, computer, reading, and youth development programs. CoEd strives to address the root causes of poverty in Guatemala, rather than merely treating its symptoms. CoEd envisions a Guatemala transformed through education: a future in which every Guatemalan child learns to read and graduates high school with the skills they need to thrive. By empowering young people with the opportunities to rise out of poverty, not only will they determine their own stories, but they will also shape the destiny of their country.
Projects We Support
Two-Community Expansion of CoEd’s Rise Youth Development Program for Girls
The lingering economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have doubled the number of families in Guatemala in need of support to keep their children in school. CoEd is well-positioned to respond to this challenge, thanks to 20+ years of experience providing scholarships and youth development activities that get kids (primarily indigenous girls) into their next level of schooling and see them all the way to high-school graduation—the milestone that USAID reports is necessary for a Guatemalan youth to break out of poverty. Support from the Tomberg Family Philanthropies is helping to bring CoEd’s Rise Program to two new communities, San Martín and Balanyá, that have demonstrated great need. In 2024, 90 youth in the two new communities are staying in school thanks to Rise. The program will continue expanding to as many as 500 students in these regions in the coming years, helping entire families break the cycle of poverty.
Support Dates: March, 2024 – Ongoing
Organization and Project Photos
Note: This information was provided by Cooperative for Education (CoEd).
