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The GLP’s 2022-2023 Global Grant is Approved!
Dear Fellow Rotarians, The Rotary Clubs of Valle de Guatemala and Rice Lake are thrilled to announce that the Guatemala Literacy Project (GLP) Global Grant for the 2022-2023 Rotary year has been approved by The Rotary Foundation! Global Grant #2238721 is for a total...
A Continued Commitment to Guatemala: Interview with Jeff Berninger
Jeff (lower left) and Joe (lower right) in the early years of the Textbook Program.Joe and Jeff Berninger may not have known how things would unfold when they founded Cooperative for Education (CoEd) in 1996, but wow, are we glad they did! Starting from humble...
Aldea Buena Vista – A School on the Rise
The community of San Pedro Yepocapa in Chimaltenango, Guatemala, has been forced to literally rise from the ashes again and again. Sitting at the base of Fuego Volcano, the town has been partially destroyed more than once. Yet, the community perseveres - just like its...
The GLP is Rotary Magazine’s September Cover Story!
Thanks to a cover story in September’s Rotary Magazine, Rotarians across the globe are learning what you already knew – the Guatemala Literacy Project is transforming a generation of students through education. You are transforming a generation. This article...
Join 2022-2023 RI President Jennifer Jones in empowering Guatemalan students through the GLP!
President Jones has been a longtime friend of the GLP. Her home club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, has been part of the GLP since 2004 and has twice served as International Sponsor for GLP Global Grants. Jennifer herself has sponsored three GLP Rise Scholars since...
Rotary-GLP Annual Report: See what your support has done this year!
Dear Fellow Rotarian: The past two years have been challenging for all of us. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown our world into chaos. One of the less obvious—yet still heartbreaking—consequences of the pandemic has been the impact on children, especially those in...
Travel Back through the GLP’s History
Last month, as a part of The Guatemala Literacy Project’s 25th anniversary, we took a glimpse into a future of possibilities! This time around, we’d like to take you on a giant leap back in time to the 20th century (cough—1996—cough) when the GLP was only just a dream...
2021 Report Card
Last year’s numbers are in! And unlike our P.E. grades in middle school, we can’t wait to bring them home to show you. 2021 was another challenging year–we all felt the effects of the pandemic in one way or another–but our spirits remained strong, and the year was...
Rosa: Walking the Path to a Brighter Future
Eighth-grader Rosa is no stranger to hard work. She regularly helps her mother in the fields to raise additional income and tends to the family’s own crops and livestock. And if that wasn’t enough, she also walks 30 minutes each way to school every day, scaling steep,...
Help After the Hurricanes
Nearly ten months ago, Guatemala was hit by two devastating hurricanes, Hurricane Eta and Hurricane Iota. To this day, those impacted by the storms are still picking up the pieces and in the process of recovering. In early November, Hurricane Eta crossed Central...