Every student in Fiji  deserves the chance to go to college.
Most Fijian  high school students want to attend college. They recognize that higher education is the most direct path to success in their future careers. College also provides opportunities to explore talents and develop leadership skills they can use to participate more fully in adult life—at home, at work, and in their communities.

Many  students can’t afford the tuition.
It’s estimated that 95% of  students won’t pursue college degrees because their families can’t afford the high costs of higher education.

Low-income students are particularly hard hit.
Very few low-income students can expect to graduate from college. This is not due to a lack of talent but instead to the high costs of tuition and to the fact that many graduate high school without the skills they need to succeed in college.

We will help low-income students get to college
Many  low-income students are highly motivated and ready for college every year. We’re working to help them get there through our scholarship programs. We’re also creating programs in lower performing schools designed to help low-income students get ready to enter—and then succeed in—college.

We believe in educating future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.
We encourage leadership and public service in Fiji  and abroad. We will provide scholarships for graduate study in fields that benefit local and global communities.

Our Approach: Scholarships
We’re funding scholarships to expand access to college for low-income  students and to encourage public service and leadership.

Remove financial barriers for low-income students who are ready for college.
We’re funding scholarships to give college-ready, highly motivated students the opportunity to attend college.  Our  programs focus on low-income students.

Help for low-income students to get ready to succeed in college.
If you would like to discuss with us your needs and desires, please write to us today. Contact us:  lou@fosterworldwide.com

Our Approach: Primary and Secondary School
Most Fijians  want to send their children to primary and secondary school. Many low-income families struggle financially to provide school books, uniforms and the costs associated with the basic necessities of education.
If you need assistance to send your child to school, contact us:  lou@fosterworldwide.com

I am 33 years of age and my mother was formerly of Yasawa-I-Rara in the Yasawa Islands.

I have known Mrs Louise Foster and her son Peter Foster, her daughter Jill and grandaughter  Arabella since November 2000.

I was Dux at my school and started my first year of study at the Fiji School of Medicine in Suva. Tragically, my father died unexpectedly and I had to leave my medical studies and return to work to provide financially for my mother and brothers and sisters.

When I met the Foster family I was working on the tourist cruise ship the Mystique Princess for  Blue Lagoon Cruises as a deck hand. I would work six weeks at a time before returning home to my mother and family for one week rest. Then I would start another six week shift away from home.

The pay was very poor, less than one dollar an hour when on duty.

Early one morning, about 5 a.m., I was hosing down the deck when I met a guest, Mrs Louise Foster. She was on the back deck having a cigarette and we started to talk. She asked me my life story and I told her. I think her interest was first raised because she could tell I was well spoken and had a high school education, which is rare amongst other men from the village working as deck hands.

Later that day she asked me to meet her son Peter Foster. They had spoken to the ships Captain and he confirmed what I had said was true. They then offered to assist me financially so that I could  return to the Fiji School of Medicine. I told them that I doubted they would be able to regain me a place as it was very hard to get into medicine and I just thought it was people making promises they would soon forget.

To my great surprise, Peter contacted Dr Tupeni Baba, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji and a Professor at the University of the South Pacific. Peter arranged for me to go to Suva and meet Dr Tupeni Baba to seek his evaluation and assistance.

Within a matter of days, I was able to regain my position at the Fiji School of Medicine. Peter Foster  promised me that he would pay for me to complete my studies. This would include paying all of my tuition fees, accommodation, meals, clothing and also pay me a weekly allowance so that I could send money to my mother and family and also support myself so I could study fulltime.

Peter Foster did all that he promised and much more. He paid all the costs for several years so I could study fulltime and even bought me new clothes, a laptop computer, even a mobile telephone so I could be contacted by my mother if her health faulted. My allowance was deposited into my bank account every month and my tuition fees and accommodation were always paid on time. In fact, at one time he overpaid my tuition fees by over $3000, but instead of having the Fiji School of Medicine refund him the money he authorised them to give the money to me so I could help my mother and family.

I met my wife whilst I was at the Fiji School of Medicine. She is now a medical doctor and we have two children. There is no doubt that Peter Foster and his family changed not only my life for the better, but for my family and now my children.  My mother and I thank God every day for the kindness that the Foster’s have extended to us, never seeking anything in return. I just think it is something of a miracle.