Educo El Salvador

What Educo El Salvador does

Educo El Salvador is a non-profit foundation operating as the El Salvador country entity of the broader Educo foundation network, registered in the Registry of Foundations of the Generalitat of Catalonia (Spain) under number 790 with CIF G-60541554. The organization has been operating in El Salvador for 25 years (since approximately 2000), based in San Salvador, Colonia Escalón, with a stated core team of 5 employees. Its mission centers on ensuring that the most vulnerable children and adolescents in El Salvador have access to quality and safe education, including in emergency situations.

The foundation delivers a portfolio of five interconnected program initiatives: 'La educación cura' (Education Heals) addresses healing through quality education for vulnerable children; 'La educación protege' (Education Protects) ensures safe learning environments in communities, families, and schools; 'La educación empodera' (Education Empowers) provides educational opportunities for life transformation; 'Educación en emergencias' (Education in Emergencies) delivers education during crises; and 'Juguemos Juntos' (Let's Play Together) is a capacity-building course promoting play as a fundamental right in early childhood education. Programs are delivered through direct engagement with educational centers, community-based interventions, families, and capacity-building initiatives for adolescents and youth.

The business model is donation- and grant-funded rather than commercial. Revenue is derived from charitable contributions, international cooperation grants, and partnerships with development agencies, with no commercial product or service sales. The organization's go-to-market is community-led, working directly with vulnerable children, families, educational centers, and communities. There is no proprietary technology platform disclosed; program delivery relies on field-based humanitarian and educational interventions. Strategic partnerships with Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación (CLADE) and the Organización Mundial para la Educación Preescolar (OMEP) extend the organization's reach into regional Latin American policy dialogues on early childhood education.

Name

Educo El Salvador

Legal name

Educo

Website

https://educo.org.sv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Educo El Salvador is a non-profit foundation operating for 25 years in El Salvador as part of the Catalan-registered Educo network, delivering education, child protection, and humanitarian programs to vulnerable children, families, and communities through donations and international cooperation grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Education & Child Protection Services

NAICS

Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Access & EdTech for Equity (Low-cost Learning, Skills Platforms) (BPAGALAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Refugee, Crisis & Humanitarian Education Partnerships (EiE) (EDADALAG)

Keywords

• Nonprofit education
• Child protection
• Community empowerment
• Education emergencies
• Social development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

El Salvador

HQ country

El Salvador

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and International Cooperation: As a nonprofit foundation, Educo El Salvador operates through donations and international cooperation funding. Revenue is derived from charitable contributions, grants from international organizations, and partnerships with development agencies rather than commercial product or service sales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Educo is a nonprofit foundation that delivers education, child protection, and community empowerment programs to vulnerable children, families, and communities in El Salvador. It funds and runs community-based initiatives including education-driven health and well-being ("La educación cura"), child protection ("La educación protege"), youth empowerment ("La educación empodera"), emergency education response, and play-based community programs ("Juguemos Juntos").

Product overview

Educo El Salvador is a non-profit foundation focused on promoting the well-being and rights of children and adolescents through education. The organization operates a portfolio of interconnected educational programs: 'La educación cura' (Education Heals) addresses healing through quality education for vulnerable children; 'La educación protege' (Education Protects) ensures safe learning environments in communities, families, and schools; 'La educación empodera' (Education Empowers) provides opportunities for children to transform their lives; and 'Educación en emergencias' (Education in Emergencies) delivers education during crisis situations. Additionally, the 'Juguemos Juntos' course promotes play as a fundamental right in early childhood education. These programs work together to ensure quality, safe, and inclusive education for El Salvador's most vulnerable children.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La educación cura (Education Heals) Program addressing health and well-being of vulnerable children through education-based interventions in communities in El Salvador.
• La educación protege (Education Protects) Child protection program designed to safeguard children from violence and exploitation through community-based educational initiatives.
• La educación empodera (Education Empowers) Youth empowerment program that equips children and adolescents with skills, agency, and opportunities through education.
• Educación en emergencias (Education in Emergencies) Program delivering continued learning and protection for children affected by humanitarian crises or emergencies.
• Juguemos Juntos (Let's Play Together) Community play-based program fostering child development, learning, and community engagement in vulnerable areas.

Quantifiable outcome

• Strengthened territorial capacities for humanitarian preparedness and response with emphasis on protection of children and adolescents
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la EducacióncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partner in regional dialogue initiatives to strengthen early childhood education policies. Collaborated on the 'Regional Dialogue for Early Childhood: experiences, policies and alliances for inclusion' event promoting policy exchange across Latin America.
• Organización Mundial para la Educación Preescolar (OMEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner in promoting early childhood education. Co-developed the regional dialogue initiative focused on early childhood education policies and inclusion across Latin America.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• World Vision: Large Christian humanitarian organization with major child-sponsorship, education, and emergency-response programs across Latin America. Operates in El Salvador and competes for similar donor funding.
• Save the Children: Global child-rights and education INGO with a strong Latin America presence. Directly comparable mission (education access, child protection, emergencies) but operates at a much larger scale across many countries, including El Salvador.
• UNICEF: United Nations agency dedicated to children's rights, including education access and education in emergencies. Operates globally and in El Salvador, with overlapping programs on quality education, child protection, and humanitarian response.

Direct peers

• Right To Play: Global NGO that uses play-based learning to protect and educate children, including in emergency and vulnerable contexts. Highly comparable to Educo's 'Juguemos Juntos' course and its play-as-a-fundamental-right approach.
• War Child: INGO focused on protecting and educating children affected by conflict and crisis, including education-in-emergencies programming. Highly comparable to Educo's emergency-education and child-protection offerings.
• Glasswing International: El Salvador- and Central America-based nonprofit focused on education, health, and community development. Headquartered in the same region and working on similar education-access and youth-empowerment issues as Educo El Salvador.
• International Rescue Committee: International humanitarian organization delivering education-in-emergencies programming and child protection globally, including across Central America. Closely aligned on the 'Educación en emergencias' component of Educo's portfolio.
• Room to Read: International nonprofit focused on literacy, girls' education, and safe learning environments across the developing world. Comparable education-access mission, although with a stronger emphasis on literacy skills.
• Plan International: International NGO focused on children's rights, education, and youth empowerment with active programs across Latin America. Closely aligned mission and program mix (education access, protection, youth capacity-building) makes it a strong comparable.

Regional players

• FEPADE: El Salvador-based foundation (Fundación Empresarial para la Acción Social) working on youth employability and education. Operates in the same country with overlapping themes of youth empowerment and education access.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/educosv
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@educosv
• Facebookfacebook.com/educoSV
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/educo-el-salvador
• Instagraminstagram.com/educosv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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