
Make A Real Change In A Young Person’s Life
FOTIS is a non-profit organization directed by volunteers and based in Geneva, Switzerland. Its purpose is to provide secondary education to students in developing countries who would otherwise not be able to continue their studies. A secondary education gives young people the opportunity to build a brighter future, both for themselves and for their communities.
Around the world the number of young people not attending secondary school remains high, the estimate is that over one third of all secondary school age children do not attend school. The situation is more critical in some regions, in Sub-Saharan Africa almost three quarters are out of school, in South Asia close to one half. The barriers to secondary education are essentially financial. Young people are needed by their families to work and help provide livelihood. Secondary education is expensive as the families not only have to provide the school fees, but also books, uniforms and often transportation.

FOTIS is dedicated to providing access to secondary school education for children in developing countries around the world
Latest News
The FOTIS 100 Resolutions for Education campaign
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...
FOTIS webinar: Education in the time of Covid-19
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...
FOTIS Covid-19 emergency response May-June 2020
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 Patron Scheme 2025/26: Back to School
It’s back-to-school time for many children around the world and thanks to the generous support of our donors FOTIS students are also preparing for new semesters of learning.
For our 15th anniversary in September 2023 we launched the ‘Back To School’ campaign, an invitation to become a Patron or a Friend of FOTIS by pledging an annual support.
We are renewing the campaign this September 2025: It couldn’t be easier to sign up as an individual, family or corporate, just follow the link. In an increasingly difficult environment for non-profits around the world, FOTIS continues to raise and distribute funds, this year adding projects in Burkina Faso and Haiti.

100 Resolutions for Education 2024
Since 2008 number of students sponsored for 2 to up to 7 years of school:
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With the support of our donors this year FOTIS has sponsored 135 students, 31 have successfully graduated!
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