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7 Things You Need to Know About the Spark Reading Program
We've got big news! The Culture of Reading Program (CORP) shall now be known as the Spark Reading Program! The Culture of Reading Program (CORP) has been helping Guatemalan primary-school students learn to read for 11 years, and in that time, this program has come...
Thank You from CORP Teacher Lidia Mejía
Primary-school teacher Lidia Mejía and Alfredo Perez from the Rotary Club of Del Valle, Guatemala, explain the GLP’s Culture of Reading Program to Cristina Llano, member of The Rotary Foundation's Cadre of Technical Advisors, during a site visit for GLP Global Grant...
A Letter from Any
When you and your club support the GLP, you are making great things happen! Check out this letter from Any Xicay, who writes about the life-changing results of the GLP’s Rise Youth Development Program. Any, who works for the GLP’s partner organization, Cooperative for...
The Guatemala Literacy Project Featured on Rotary.org
Progress on Our 2018-2019 Goal to Serve Thousands of Students We're a month into the new Rotary year, and we're making progress on our goals! So far 28 clubs have pledged to contribute nearly $57,500 to this year's global grant, which will provide high-quality books,...
Story of Success: Jennifer
Last year, at the age of 13, Jennifer made a very difficult decision. In 2018, she would drop out of school and go to work so that she could help her father and mother support her, her five siblings, and her precious nieces and nephews. Jennifer had...
The GLP’s 2017-2018 Global Grant Is Approved!
The Rotary Clubs of Guatemala La Reforma and Calgary are thrilled to announce that the Guatemala Literacy Project (GLP) Global Grant for the 2017-2018 Rotary year (GG1752923) has been approved by The Rotary Foundation! The total amount of the grant is...
Exciting News: CoEd Staff Join Rotary!
It is my great pleasure to announce that CoEd staff members Howard Lobb, Joe Berninger and I have joined Rotary!
Rotary International President Riseley Calls GLP “the Gold Standard”
We could not have been more honored by the President’s words: “If you want to look for a project that meets so many of the characteristics of Rotary, the GLP is the gold standard.”
Story of Success: Dora Maria
“It used to take students up to two years to learn to read well. Now they reach the same level in three months.”
Our 2016-2017 Global Grant Has Been Approved!
Our Global Grant was the largest that The Rotary Foundation awarded in the Basic Education and Literacy area of focus this year.