In January 2024, FOTIS started sponsoring a new class of 30 students in their first year at the International Village School in Kenya.  We will continue sponsoring them until their graduation in four years’ time. Here they are with their parents at the enrolment day,...

With Educate2Envision as partner, FOTIS has sponsored 20 students in very remote mountain regions in Honduras since 2016. The students cover large distances to reach the classroom. This often means travelling across challenging terrains, through area affected by high...

  Monday, 12 February 2024, FOTIS celebrated the Chinese New Year, the year of the dragon,  with a dinner at the China Garden Restaurant in Geneva. It was a great success and a very enjoyable evening with over 80 donors and friends participating in a sumptuous...

An enormous thank you to all the participants and donors to the 2023 Challenge! We have raised CHF 17,000 to continue  FOTIS mission of giving children hope through education.

On the Chinese New Year FOTIS hosted a sumptuous dinner at a Geneva restaurant with Chinese themed entertainment, the first in-person event in 3 years! It was a very successful and fun time with old and new friends. The dinner was sold out and thanks to our generous...

In 2022, 31 students sponsored by FOTIS in Viet Nam, Rwanda, Honduras and Sierra Leone have successfully graduated from secondary school. Many have taken National exams for admission to university, for others there is the opportunity of rewarding jobs. The impact of...

The following interview with the founder Martine Coppens shows the successful progress of the project and the impact of FOTIS sponsorship.   What are the latest improvements you see in the village’s ‘Education for All’ program?The biggest improvement in the...

In 2012 FOTIS agreed to sponsor 7 Ethiopian girls who were HIV positive orphans. They lived and were cared for in a home run by Artists for Charity, an Ethiopian/Swiss organization. The girls were motived to do well despite their difficult start in life. FOTIS...

Educate to Envision provides access to secondary education in remote communities of rural Honduras, their approach encourages students to create projects that benefit the community. The students during holidays create and work in small enterprises for coffee...

The International Village School is the only private secondary school in a rural area of Western Kenya. It provides high quality secondary education to children from poor communities. The students and teachers are highly motivated as shown by their remarkable academic...