In The Press
Rotary Welcomes Director of Tanzania's School of St Jude
Delray Beach Newspaper
29 April 2013
The Delray Beach Rotary recently welcomed Kim Saville, Director of International Relations for The School of St Jude in Tanzania, East Africa to address the local club on the successes of the school for the impoverished children in that country.
Fighting Poverty Through Education
Efrosini Costa | Mindfood
8 April 2013
Charity-funded, The School of St Jude is providing free, quality education to more than 1,600 of the poorest children in Tanzania.
Big Saints
Rachel Farah | Fjorde Magazine
April 2013
An insight into Gemma Sisia's vision of fighting poverty through education at The School of St Jude in Arusha, Tanzania
Science fair attracts hundreds in Arusha
Prosper Makene | The Guardian
1 April 2013
The third annual science fair which was conducted by the Arusha based St Jude’s Smith Secondary school to encourage students to study science subjects has attracted a good number of students and teachers to see the unique projects.
St Jude's Founder Inspires Students
Armidale Independent
20 March 2013
Big plans have never scared Gemma Sisia.
Thanks from St Jude founder
Tenterfield Star
20 March 2013
LONG-time humanitarian Gemma Sisia paid a visit to St Joseph Primary School last week and held a discussion at St Mary Hall on Wednesday.
Founder of school in Tanzania hails WestMAC
Rebecca Lynch | Queensland Times
19 March 2013
THE founder of an African school visited West Moreton Anglican College (WMAC) to thank students for choosing to support The School of St Jude.
Tea and Inspiration
Bayside Bulletin
13 March 2013
The event, hosted by the Redlands Centre for Women, was staged at the Sheldon Event Centre. Ms Sisia has built a school in Tanzania for more than 1600 children and is fighting poverty through education.
Mission to educate children in Africa
Great Lakes Advocate
6 March 2013
INSPIRATIONAL educator Gemma Sisia will be appearing at Club Forster on March 15 to talk about her work and the creation of Tanzanian school St Jude’s.
The School of St Jude Takes First Step to Another Decade
Matt Lawyue | Arusha Times
2 March 2013
Taking the Form IV national exam for the first time in school history, The School of St Jude made an impressive showing by ranking 7th in the nation and 1st in the Arusha region.
Gemma coming home for St Jude
Inverell Times
1 March 2013
On Wednesday, March 13 Gemma will hold ‘An Evening With Gemma Sisia’ in the Holy Trinity Hall from 7pm.
Volunteering role for former Echuca resident
Monique Preston | Riverine Herald
26 February 2013
Former Echuca, Australia resident Emily Umbers is volunteering at St Jude's as the marketing manager.
Helping impoverished children
Michelle Meehan | Maitland Mercury
25 February 2013
Mrs Sisia is on a national speaking tour of Australia and will talk at the first networking event of the year for the Maitland branch of the Business and Professional Women group on March 3.
School of St Jude in Tanzania founder to speak at high tea
Bayside Bulletin
25 February 2013
FOUNDER of the School of St Jude in Tanzania, Gemma Sisia, will be the guest speaker at the fifth annual International Women's Day high tea.
I'm Educating 1600 Tanzanian Kids
Lisa Mayoh | Body+soul
24 February 2013
Mum of four Gemma Sisia, 41, let her Guyra home for Africa as a 20-something ready to change the world. She is now celebrating 11 years at The School of St Jude in Tanzania.
Helping educate African children
Caboolture Shire Herald
22 February 2013
Former Burpengary resident Jess Klein is volunteering at St Jude's in human resources.
African school founder to visit Forbes
Stacey Miller | Forbes Advocate
14 February 2013
The Rotary Club of Forbes Ipomoea will be holding a breakfast with Ms Sisia on Saturday, March 2 at 8am, with the public invited to attend.
Besleys return from Tanzania
The Great Southern Star, Leongatha
15 January 2013
PRIMARY teachers Ross and Kerri Besley recently returned from a trip of a life time volunteering at a school in Tanzania.
The School of St Jude Takes First Step to Another Decade
Matt Lawyue | Arusha Times
15 December 2012
As St Jude's prepares for another ten years, the first step is selecting the new students.
The School of St Jude in Tanzania Aims to Break Poverty Cycle
Virginia Knight | Catholic Outlook Magazine
December 2012/January 2013
The Diocese of Parramatta is currently involved in the sponsorship of three St Jude's children: Nelson in Form 1, Ruth in Form 2 and Eben in Form 3.
Students' smiling faces 'the highlight of my trip'
Virginia Knight | Catholic Outlook Magazine
December 2012/January 2013
Louise had heard Gemma on the radio a few years ago and was so inspired by The School of St Jude that she became a sponsor. She said the two days and two nights she spent at the school were a highlight of her trip.
KBF Autumn 2012 Newsletter
KBF
Autumn 2012
St Jude's partners with KBFUS so American donors can support the school in a tax-efficient way.
University of Tasmania Alumni Magazine December 2012
University of Tasmania Alumni Magazine
December 2012
Read about three St Jude's volunteers who are featured in their alumni magazine.
Building a school brick by brick
Antonia Maiolo | Education Review
22 November 2012
An Australian teacher has answered her father-in-law's special request and helped build St Jude's in Tanzania, which now teaches 1500 students.
School of St Jude celebrates first Form Four graduation
Matt Lawyue | Arusha Times
10 November 2012
On Saturday 3 November in Usa River, 51 Form 4 students graduated from The School of St Jude.
KIITEC Graduate Honoured at Awards Ceremony In Recognition of His Exemplary Teaching Service
Foundation for Technical Education (FTE)
5 November 2012
KIITEC graduate George Mcharo received a special award for his exemplary performance as a Physics and Information and Computer Technology teacher at the School of St Jude in Arusha, Tanzania.
Welcome help for School of St Jude
Australian Teacher Magazine
November 2012
In late 2011, primary teacher Michelle Conlon left her position in Australia to move to Arusha, Tanzania and take a job at the School of St Jude's assisting with the professional development of local teachers.
Meet Australia's 100 Women of Influence
Australian Financial Review and Westpac
12 October 2012
The Australian Financial Review and Westpac have recognised outstanding women who are using their influence to improve business and society. Gemma Sisia is awarded a spot in the "Global Category."
Body & Soul {extra}ordinary Woman of the Year Awards
Body & Soul
7 October 2012
Compassion Award - Gemma Sisia is an example of a woman who has changed the lives of others through a selfless spirit.
Ringwood cop's life lessons in Africa
Emma Hastings | Maroondah Leader
9 August 2012
A policeman has gone from chasing robbers in Maroondah to teaching primary school children how to escape fires in Tanzania.
Out of retirement and into Africa
Meghan Kidd | Central Queensland News Emerald
3 August 2012
Miss Bernice forms a special bond with 500 children and a third-world life.
Retiree heeds call of Africa
Daily Mercury Mackay
19 July 2012
Unstructured life of former Qld nurse, journalist and librarian was not enough.
An African adventure for Blackburn’s Lauren
Stacy Allen | Whitehorse Leader
19 July 2012
“Six weeks after I got in contact with St Jude's I was there," she said. Ms Carpenter spent 14 months working at the school as a graphic artist in the marketing department.
There are football-crazy kids everywhere
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.
Climbing mountains
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.
Baton Rouge 'Red Shoes' brigade
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."
Ivanhoe Grammar Fundraiser
A fundraiser at Ivanhoe Grammar's Founders Day service at St Pauls Cathedral will help run St Jude's buses.
Armidale kids
Armidale Express
3 August 2011
Six Armidale children took it upon themselves to raise money for the School of St Jude last Saturday.
The right thing came along
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."
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.
Better lighting for homes
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...
A Lesson from Africa
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...
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.
Photographer's delight
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...
Kaitlyn's Challenge
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...."
Mentor's Maximum impact
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!
Teen takes a big trip to help others
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....
Teacher is off to Africa
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...
Mike's twofold return
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...
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.
Carey's numbers add up
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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Students help students
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...
Chooks for Mums on a Mission
New England Focus
November 2010
The Armidale group 'Mums on a Mission' took themselves beyond their comfort zone and had life-changing experiences ....
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.
Lick it, stick it!
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.
Volunteers
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...
Mums on a Mission
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 ....
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.
Barista volunteers in coffee homeland
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...
An opportunity too good to miss
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...
Businesses back school for needy
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...
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.
Dianas Afrika - fra Gullestrup til Tanzania
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...
Harleys get fit for African adventure
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...
The Principal's Message
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...
Rotarians dig deep for African school
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...
Giving African kids a chance
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...
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.
Foreign aid
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 ...
Inspirational leaders share words of wisdom
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...
Bernie Kelly's ambition
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.
Philosophy on life
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.
Jodie's on the bus
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...
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.
Anything to make a difference
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 ...
School's founder thanks city donors
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 ...
Sponsors give students a helping hand
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.
Recession threatens Africa charities
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 ...
Travellers help school
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 ...
Weary walkers welcomed after 11-day trek
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 ...
St Jude walkers here tomorrow
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.
Stepping out for school
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 ...
Reaching out to Tanzania
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. ...
The belles of St. Jude - Africa's best and brightest
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 ...
An international celebration for the school of St Jude at Usa River
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 ...
St. Jude opens second campus at Usa River
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 ...
Lessons of hope
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 ...
A future beckons
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 ...
The School of St Jude on Australian Story (Transcript)
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.
