Our professors currently earn $10.50 for the 20 hour work week. Because these professors are so crucial to our success, 50¢ an hour is an unacceptably small salary. However, financial restrictions do not allow us to pay more. Because of its recent formation and rapid expansion, CE.FO.PS is under a significant financial burden. We lack important tools for the practical aspect of several courses. Renovation of classrooms is necessary as the school’s current enrollment exceeds existing space. All available funds are spent on these urgent needs.

How can you help?

CE.FO.PS. is seeking individuals (or groups) who are interested in sponsoring a professor by providing half of his or her monthly salary. Sponsor responsibilities include a monthly donation of $30 and a commitment to at least 12 months of sponsorship.

Why sponsor professors and not students?

Professor sponsorship is, in effect, student sponsorship. By paying our professors a reasonable salary, we can keep enrollment fees affordable for students. Direct student sponsorship is complicated. It is necessary to enforce academic standards, as with any scholarship program. If a sponsored student fails to meet standards, choosing a new recipient can be difficult. For example, should new recipients be chosen on the basis of need or on the basis of academic performance? In areas where poverty is a widespread issue (as it is in Shyira), jealousy over school sponsorship can be a real problem. Additionally, participants in many sponsorship programs are inevitably inundated with annoying requests for money or gifts (cameras “for school” are a popular choice).

Our professor sponsorship program, however, strives to eliminate many of these difficulties. Professors are not allowed to write letters for anything (except letters of thanks!) and we discourage sponsors from sending gifts to individual professors.

Interested persons are encouraged to choose a professor based on personal or group interests. CE.FO.PS professor positions include:

• 2 auto-mechanics professors
• 1 carpentry professor
• 1 masonry professor
• 1 sewing professor
• 2 electrical professors
• 2 English professors
• 2 French professors

By becoming a professor sponsor, you allow us to keep our enrollment fees affordable for even the poorest of our students. Eleven of our students are orphans from the Genocide of 1994 and the following civil unrest. These students live with and care for their siblings, and it is they who struggle most to meet enrollment fees. Without outside help, we are several years away from being able to provide our hard-working professors with a fair wage. As a sponsor, you will receive updates on the development of the school, and the performance of “your” professor and his/her students. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or have questions about our CE.FO.PS, our professors, or this program, please email us