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📷 Employment Hub Inauguration, April 2026

📍 CoEd Education Center

Even though seventh graders Elizabeth and Maddie are more than two thousand miles away from Guatemala, they were inspired to make a difference for Guatemalan students their age.

“While doing research, we found [CoEd] and felt strongly about supporting a student around our age because we believe everyone deserves the chance to get an education,” share Elizabeth and Maddie.

The two girls created bookmarks inspired by Guatemalan textiles, which are being sold to raise funds for Nancy, a seventh grader in the Rise Youth Development Program. We're touched and encouraged by the compassion of these young people working towards a brighter future!

Read the full story at coeduc.org/blog 📖

¿Sabías qué?

Un total de 163 escuelas han formado parte del Programa de Lectura Spark de Asociación COED ("Cooperación para la Educación") / Cooperative for Education, incluyendo centros educativos que actualmente participan en el programa y otros que ya completaron su proceso de formación.

El impacto de esta formación llega a miles de estudiantes y permite que docentes sigan fortaleciendo habilidades de año tras año.

En también queremos compartir recursos, aprendizajes e historias que nacen de ese trabajo.

Conoce más en: https://coeduc.org/es/lectura/

We're thrilled to share that we inaugurated our new Employment Hub in our San Lucas Educational Center last month!

This space is dedicated to supporting Rise students and recent Rise graduates, who are developing vital skills for career success through our collaboration with Impact Hub Antigua—the Employment Hub. There, students will grow their abilities in leadership, teamwork, technology, and more. We can't wait to see students thrive in this new space and beyond, when they kick-start their careers!

Say cheese! It's ! 😊

📷 2026 GLP Tour

📍Aldea Paraxaj, Chimaltenango

Don't let the sign-up deadline for the Helping Hands Tour sneak up on you! Make sure to register by Thursday, May 28th to join us for the trip of a lifetime.

Visit coeduc.org/tours to learn more ✈️

📷 2025 Helping Hands Tour

Last month, Spark teachers participated in training sessions at our office in San Lucas Sacatepéquez!

During these sessions, teachers learn classroom strategies to engage and support students using pedagogical research and tools developed by the Spark team, like rotafolios, tarjetones, and afiches.

Learn more at coeduc.org/spark 📖

Hoy queremos agradecer a quienes hicieron posible la primera etapa de Guatemala Lee.

Gracias a y a las instituciones, aliados y actores que ayudaron a impulsar este espacio desde sus inicios.

nació como una plataforma para recopilar y difundir recursos e investigaciones sobre lectoescritura inicial, fortalecer una red de actores clave y abrir un espacio de circulación para aprendizajes, proyectos y experiencias vinculadas a la lectura y la escritura.

Ese primer impulso ayudó a sembrar una base importante.

Hoy, desde Cooperative for Education / Asociación COED ("Cooperación para la Educación") retomamos ese camino con gratitud, con nuevos aprendizajes y con el deseo de seguir construyendo un espacio útil para docentes, comunidad educativa y personas comprometidas con la lectoescritura en Guatemala.

Seguimos aquí. Y seguimos construyendo.

Happy ! Spark classroom demonstrations never fail to make us smile, especially when the students bring out their homemade puppets to tell a story from their classroom's library of Spark books! 🐥

📷 2026 Snapshot Tour & 2026 GLP Tour

¡Feliz Día de la Madre! 🌷 We're endlessly thankful for all the mothers, grandmothers, and other maternal figures supporting the students in our programs.

Their resilient efforts and wisdom guide future generations towards brighter paths, inspiring compassion and hope—for both the students and our team. To all the women filling this tremendously impactful role: thank you!