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...

A great thank you to all our friends and supporters who had participated in and donated to the FOTIS 100 Resolutions for Education Challenge, we almost reached our goal of CHF 40,000. The support to FOTIS’s students is of enormous importance: thank you on their...

The FOTIS 100 Resolutions for Education campaign launched on 21 January 2021 was extremely successful. By taking part singly or in creative and enjoyable teams, donors have made a vitally important contribution to our fundraising goal to support 140 vulnerable...

Around the world, the difficulties brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic continue, and school children are greatly affected by a situation that is confusing and uncertain.  In particular, the situation for the children sponsored by FOTIS is very critical. We were very...

As consequence of  the global coronavirus lockdown in 2020, schools closed and students were back at home, a situation with serious social and economic repercussions. Many of our students’ main meal of the day is provided by the school and with schools in lockdown the...

FOTIS was pleased to have organized a Panel Discussion on 5 November 2019, with the participation of our five superb panelists whose experience and insights made for a most interesting and inspiring event. You can read a summary of the discussion below the two...