Students at Spark program COED.
Asociación COED is Transforming Education in Guatemala
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by Leslie Jenkins Reed & Howard Lobb
magine you are 10-years old and struggling in school. It’s challenging to learn to read when there are just a few books at your school. And most of your time is taken to help your family with daily chores like carrying water, or wood, or tending to your younger siblings.
The story is even worse for girls, who leave school at higher rates than their male peers.
With all of these obstacles, you decide to leave school, and thus, the cycle of poverty continues. The plight of this 10-year old is all too common for children in Guatemala, most notably in the rural Altiplano. The story is even worse for girls, who leave school at higher rates than their male peers. The nonprofit Asociación Cooperación para la Educación (COED) is working in 14 departments to 72
Students at Spark program COED.
