Paul Smeaton | Queensland Times
29 September 2011
You love football and you want to help kids at St Jude's? Football-mad Tori-Lee Jackson asked fellow players to donate boots for St Jude's. Now 60 football-crazy kids at St Jude's will get their first football boots.
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Liz Hedge | ABC Western Plains
25 November 2011
Paula Hanson and Kerry-Lyn Strain told ABC Breakfast listeners about their visit to St Jude's. "It was the 'wow' factor of, I can't believe one person and the support of the world, I guess, have created such an environment for children," Paula said.
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Carol Anne Blitzer |
9 November 2011
A Baton Rouge group, called 'Red Shoes' decided to sponsor a child at St. Jude's. "I see these children as a metaphor. They will add to the structure, to the culture and to the quality of life in their home, in their area."
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A fundraiser at Ivanhoe Grammar's Founders Day service at St Pauls Cathedral will help run St Jude's buses.
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Armidale Express
3 August 2011
Six Armidale children took it upon themselves to raise money for the School of St Jude last Saturday.
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Contact Magazine
2011
Ann-Maree Spackman starts her two-year appointment as Finance Manager at St Jude's. "I’d got to the stage in life where you think, yeah, there’s more to it than this and you start looking and hope for the right thing to come along. It was karma."
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The biggest impression
Hobson Bay Leader
26 July 2011
Helen Weily, Maria del Pilar Espinosa Molina and Denis Weily hosted a fundraiser at Williamstown to raise money for three projects. Helen said that the School of St Jude made the biggest impression on her in her travels. "The kids going there are the poorest of the poor and Gemma gives them opportunities," she said.
Shane | Illumination Blog
19 July 2011
Illumination provides cheap solar LED lights that replace the kerosine lighting commonly used by poor families. Read how they are partnering with St Jude's...
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Michael McGuire | Adelaide Now
16 July 2011
Summer holidays for teenagers Scarlett and Riley Deveraux wasn't what they expected. Their parents, Annette and Shane, gave the whole family a learning experience when they visited the School of St Jude...
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Autumn goodwill in Blayney
Blayney Chronicle
5 May 2011
The Inner Wheel Club of Blayney held a garden party fundraiser to sponsor a student and a teacher at St Jude's. Over 80 guests enjoyed the beautiful autumnal weather.
Catherine Marshall | The Australian
26 March 2011
Everywhere he went, Africa would tap photographer Simon Scott on the shoulder. Soon he was inhaling the African scent of charcoal, banana leaves and raindrops ricocheting off hot earth...
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Casey Conley | Seacoast Online
24 March 2011
Kaitlyn says her Kilimanjaro climb was the "growing experience of a lifetime" not only for the challenges of the physical climb, but also for the children she met at St Jude's. "These kids have really big dreams...."
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Talia Pattison | The Irrigator
21 January 2011
Max O'Sullivan spent 2010 at the School of St Jude, working as a teach mentor. He enjoyed the experience so much that he plans to return soon, possibly next month!
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Eliza Rogers | The Katherine Times
19 January 2011
Danni’elle Jenkins joined a yLead group visit to The School of St Jude. Danni’elle said the trip was an amazing experience and commented on the children’s optimism....
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By Karen Sweeney | Bendigo Advertiser
21 December 2010
Lucy Spalding will spend this Christmas making her way to Tanzania to start a new career. On Friday she will fly out to start as the School of St Jude’s new physical education teacher...
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By Nick Duxson | Moonee Valley Weekly
30 November 2010
Mike Boyle believes that a real community business is about balance and for everything we give away we get back twofold...
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Challenge of a lifetime
Madeleine Healey | Melton Leader
29 November 2010
Bacchus Marsh Rotarian Russell Gilbert faces the challenge of a lifetime: climbing Mt Kilimanjaro to raise money for the School of St Jude. He will also visit children sponsored by himself and Bacchus Marsh Rotarians.
Hills Gazette
20 November 2010
Carey Guetano was pleased to find that her accountancy skills are useful at The School of St Jude. She said, "I love that everyday living in Tanzania gives me an opportunity to learn new things, not just about the culture but also about myself."
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Andrew Korner | The Queensland Times
19 November 2010
Four West Moreton Anglican College students are giving up half of their Christmas holidays to help struggling kids in Africa...
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New England Focus
November 2010
The Armidale group 'Mums on a Mission' took themselves beyond their comfort zone and had life-changing experiences ....
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Team spirit across continents
San Diego County Edition
November 2010
The St Jude's Running Club now has custom-designed t-shirts, thanks to La Jolla students and their coach Scott Sanders. The shirts were sold with a two for one approach: Buy a shirt for yourself and one for the newly formed St Jude's Running Club. Sanders traveled to Arusha and delivered 42 shirts to the St Jude's coach and team.
Stamp News International
29 October 2010
The School of St Jude stamp series is available in all Tanzanian post offices and will promote the school's motto of fighting poverty through education within the country and the rest of the world.
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Tamborine Times
30 September 2010
The Founder and Director of the school credits the success of St Jude's not only to the dedicated students who study hard and academic staff who run each of the campuses, but also to the volunteers, who come from all around the world...
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New England Focus
September 2010
The Armidale group 'Mums on a Mission' continue the tradition of the people from Armidale who have supported the School of St Jude from the very beginning ....
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Living your values
David Hennessey | Norwalk Citizen
24 September 2010
Sarah Papsum credits her mother with instilling the values of education, culture, travel and learning new things. Her support for the School of St Jude brings all these values together. She is delighted to help her sponsored student reach his goal to be a pilot.
By Ellisha Puglia | Gold Coast Mail
2 September 2010
Jessica White left her barista job to work as Sponsor Relations Co-ordinator in East Africa...
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By Krysta Eaves | Evening Gazette
16 August 2010
Brad Jones scaled two African mountains for charity and he has chosen to stay in Tanzania, the country he has come to love...
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By Jackson Saunders | Bendigo Advertiser
9 August 2010
BENDIGO businesses have shown their support for a school in Tanzania. It came as part of Donate-a-Day, which Bendigo’s Nicole Murphy started five years ago...
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Sharing your enthusiasm
Straus Historical Society
August 2010
Kerim Nutku shared his enthusiasm for the School of St Jude with his extended American family via the Straus Family Newsletter. "If it moves you, as it did me, I hope you will join me in supporting this success story." .
In training
Sun Herald
25 July 2010
Tom and Felicity Harley are in training to climb Mt Kilimanjaro, with the aim of raising $30,000 for the School of St Jude. The former Geelong captain and editor of Women's Health magazine will aim to climb the mountain in early December.
By Astrid Bigum Kristensen | Herning Folkeblad
22 July 2010
Diana Jørgensen fra Gullestrup bor i Tanzania, hvor hun arbejder på en skole for fattige børn. Hun savner Danmark, men kan heller ikke undvære Afrika...
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By Yasmin Paton | Geelong Advertiser
10 July 2010
AIN'T no mountain high enough for Tom and Felicity Harley with the pair set to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The former Cats captain and Channel Seven AFL commentator will join his wife...
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Dubai British School Dispatch
13 June 2010
One of the great privileges of my job is that I get to meet such interesting people. A little while ago, I was contacted by a school in Tanzania called The School of St. Jude. Would I be interested in meeting the head, Gemma Sisia...
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Bay of Plenty Times
3 May 2010
Bay rotarians helped raise $4680 for a school in Tanzania over the weekend, after a moving presentation from the school's founder. Nearly 300 Rotarians and their partners from throughout the Central North Island converged on Baypark...
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By Erin Williams | Ballarat Courier
28 Apr 2010
Gemma Sisia has proven that little people can make big things happen. Almost 10 years ago the former New South Wales country girl was thrown $10 from a friend to shut her up talking about opening a school in Tanzania, Africa...
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Anything is possible, with support
Jemima Stagg | The Advocate
27 April 2010
Gemma spoke at the Axmans Hall of Fame at Latrobe in Tasmania. Among other things, she acknowedged the support of Rotarians at all stages of the School's development.
Daily Telegraph
20 Apr 2010
While we often think there is little one person can do to relieve world poverty, there have been many individuals who have given it a go. Some are wealthy philanthropists (from the Greek meaning lover of people) such as businessman ...
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The Catholic Leader
4 April 2010
YEAR 11 students at Nudgee College have already begun preparing for future leadership. Two inspirational Australians visited the college recently to talk to the students about their work...
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Bayside Chronicle
9 March 2010
Bayside business operator Bernie Kelly set an ambitious task of raising $400,000 for a new dormitory at the School of St Jude in Tanzania through yLead.
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By Seema Duggal | Side Street Sydney
9 March 2010
This profile of Gemma describes her as ... somewhat of a celebrity in the altruistic world, with the philosophy that Education brings knowledge, and knowledge is power.
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Bendigo Weekly
25 February 2010
BENDIGONIAN Jodie Fitzgerald is currently on a trip of a lifetime having just arrived in Arusha, Tanzania. After several weeks touring the Middle East, the 25 year old is visiting the School of St Jude, a charity founded by another Australian woman, Gemma Sisia...
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Spreading the word
Wyndham Weekly
24 Freburary 2010
The Listen Up announcement: Gemma Sisia - the founder and director of The School of St Jude in Arusha, Tanzania, is touring her homeland, giving a talk of her journey, 4pm Sunday, Geelong Heritage Centre.
By Lea Keel Holland | The Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine
September 2009 (Autumn 2009 Issue)
WHILE Alexandra Schaerrer was growing up in Zurich, Switzerland, she lived less than two hours away from the horrors of the ethno-nationalist conflict in Yugoslavia. "We had one or two refugee ...
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By Alyssa Kimlin | The Chronicle
8 June 2009
THE sparkling beauty of Toowoomba shrouded in fog greeted Gemma Sisia when she drove up the Toowoomba Range on Thursday night. The founder of the School of St Jude in northern Tanzania ...
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By Alyssa Kimlin | The Chronicle
3 June 2009
GEMMA Sisia knows knowledge is power and she is determined to give the students at the School of St Jude in Tanzania all the knowledge she can.
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By Megan Zingarelli | CNN
20 April 2009
The world has seen banks and businesses fail spectacularly since the recession began, but other vulnerable organizations in the developing world face devastation. The recession is hitting the flow ...
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By Denice Barnes | Central Coast Express Advocate
18 November 2008
FIVE Central Coast women visited Africa recently armed with hundreds of royal blue socks and computer equipment. The women, all Central Coast Zonta members, answered an SOS from School of ...
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By Alicia Wood | St George & Sutherland Shire The Leader
8 October 2008
THREE sisters and their sister-in-law stepped on to Waratah Oval, Sutherland on Monday to the strains of Queen's We are the Champions. Wendy Phillpott, Joanne Charlton, Kerrie Swampillai and Simone ...
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Lauren Green | The Manning River Times
30 September 2008
THE Manning will be visited tomorrow by seven people walking from Surfers Paradise to Sutherland to raise money for the School of St Jude in Tanzania.
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Manning Great Lakes Extra
25 September 2008
SEVEN people walking from Surfers Paradise to Sutherland to raise money for the School of St Jude in Tanzania will pass through Manning on October 1 and 2. The School of St Jude was started in 2002 ...
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Maureen Magee | The San Diego Union-Tribune
20 September 2008
Living in poverty-stricken Tanzania, where most homes have dirt floors and lack electricity and plumbing, Emmanuel George is about as far away from the La Jolla lifestyle as it gets. ...
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Mary Katherine Keown | The Sudbury Star
23 August 2008
There is a lot of giggling at the School of St. Jude. It is lunch time and the students are inhaling plates full of rice and beans at seemingly super-human speed, in order to maximize play time ...
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Alison Hunter | The Arusha Times
18 July 2008
The ribbon has been cut and the School of St Jude’s Usa River campus is officially open! With the new school hall full and Mount Kilimanjaro in the background, the Tanzanian Minister for Education ...
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The Arusha Times
11 July 2008
St Jude may be the patron of hopeless causes but he certainly knows how to support a school! The excitement is mounting at the School of St Jude as it gets ready to officially open it’s second campus ...
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Linda Morris | Sydney Morning Herald
5 May 2007
Every person comes across signposts in life that send them in new directions, either bringing opportunities, new meaning and joy or leading down dark paths of heartache, loneliness ...
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Roslyn Guy | The Age
4 September 2006
IT’S a Monday night in Camberwell, a time when most people are content to stay home and watch television, but St Dominic’s parish hall is overflowing. Instead of the 30 or so supporters ...
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Australian Story
15 August 2005
This is the transcript of the Australian Story episode about Gemma Sisia's story and The School of St Jude which first aired on Australian television channel ABC on Monday 15 August 2005.
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