School and Student Sponsorship Programs
You may sponsor students at 2 educational levels and there are options to sponsor students in each of the 3 countries where we serve:
One application form will allow you to chose from one or more of these programs. Please Click here to go to the on-line application once you have reviewed the options presented below.
When your completed on-line application has been received, you will be emailed a picture and description of your sponsored child or student. You will receive updates or communication from your child as they are available. You may write to your child by e-mailing wendy@foundationforpeace.org, or by sending a letter to the Foundation for Peace (P.O. Box 424, Ironia, NJ 07845).
Elementary School Student Sponsorship Program
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As a sponsor, donating only $12.50 a month, you can help secure the education of a child and ease the burden a family or school carries. The Sponsorship Program funds tuition, supplies, teacher salaries and other essential educational costs. Sponsorship is just $150 a year, though we ask sponsors to consider the option of donating an additional $10 for our administrative costs and $10 toward vitamins for children and their teachers in our schools.
Dominikids Program in the Dominican Republic
For many young children in the Dominican Republic, education is just a dream. They do not attend school because the public facility is either too distant or very overcrowded. Dominikids-sponsored children attend one of eight schools that have been built by FFP volunteers and Dominican partners, working hand in hand. Though the buildings have been provided, the local residents cannot fully sustain these schools without outside help. In the past, teachers have been paid a low wage, and at times, not at all. Some parents have not enrolled each of their children because the monthly tuition for all has been beyond their means; others have felt compelled to keep their children home during the months they could not afford to pay. This sponsorship program addresses these issues and ensures the operation of high quality schools in impoverished neighborhoods.
The program also supports an early learning center for essentially-orphaned children in El Brisal, a squatter's settlement near San Pedro, Dominican Republic. It is difficult to obtain regular sponsorship information from this site, so sponsorship of a single child is not offered. However, pictures of the children served by the school and information on the program will be supplied to donors as they are available.
Haitikids Program in Anse-a-pitre, Haiti
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The program supports an elementary school in Anse-a-Pitre, Haiti, just across the border from the Dominican Republic in southeast Haiti. It is difficult to obtain regular sponsorship information from this remote site, so sponsorship of a single child is not offered. However, pictures of the children served by the school and information on the programs will be supplied to donors as they are available.
Kenyakids Program in Ngong, Kenya
Children living in an orphanage in Ngong, Kenya may also be sponsored through this program. These children have lost their one or both of their parents to AIDS, drug addiction and other causes. The orphanage provides all their basic needs, education and a stable loving environment. The directors and teachers are so committed to providing a quality education that they send their own children to the school.
High School and University Sponsorship Program
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Having your financial support is the difference between being forced to abandon one's aspirations and completing school with the hope of a brighter future. Knowing you care enough to invest in his/her education will give your student encouragement and strengthen his/her resolve to succeed in challenging circumstances.
You can enable a person to have the educational opportunities that we take for granted in the developed world by paying the majority of tuition costs at $30 per month. As an Advance Education Sponsor, you will be making higher education a reasonable aim for financially struggling students.
Advance Education in the Dominican Republic
Eighth grade is often the highest education level children achieve in the Dominican Republic, but is not adequate. Many Dominicans wish to continue their education, but lack the funds to go on. They strive for a degree because they endeavor to use the skills to help better the lives and opportunities for the people in their communities. Now through the Foundation for Peace Advance Education program, you can help change the goal of a university degree from only a dream to a reality.
Advance Education in Kenya
In Kenya, only about 30% of children go to high school and a dismal 1% of students are able to go to college. Everyone must pay to go to high school and there are no public universities. As a sponsor, you will be making higher education a reasonable aim for financially struggling students.