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December 9, 2015

Meet Ezekiel, big dreamer

There’s one thing Ezekiel wants to do when he finishes university and gets the job of his dreams. “I’m going to buy my parents a house,” the smiley 15-year-old says. And, boy, do they deserve it. Ezekiel’s parents, Jenifer and Michael, are unskilled workers in one of the world's poorest countries, spending everything they have […]

December 9, 2015

2015 in review: A year of firsts

2015 was one of our most successful years fighting poverty through education! Not only did our first ever Form 6 graduating class finish in the top 10% in Tanzania, these amazing graduates went on to help thousands of students at under-resourced government schools by volunteering as teachers. Our amazing supporters helped us with one of […]

November 28, 2015

Revisiting the School of St Jude, the Tanzanian high school Australians helped bring to life

As a journalist, it is not often you get to see a tangible example of the effect your work can have. Sometimes you hope that a particular story will achieve something — expose an injustice or bring about much-needed change, but most of the time, the world goes on as it was. So getting an […]

November 27, 2015

We call this heaven': Gemma Sisia's Tanzanian story

It's dress rehearsal for the inaugural graduation ceremony at the School of St Jude in Arusha, Tanzania, and the formidable Gemma Sisia is trying to convince me she has pulled back from supervising every detail at the school she founded 13 years ago. But with five days to go before the big event, it doesn't […]

November 26, 2015

Sarge has students in safe hands

For almost five years Andrew 'Sarge' Hives has coordinated Emergency Response Plans for all campuses and teaches evacuation education to students during annual visits to the school.

November 24, 2015

Partnership key to a brighter future

Amani was born with brittle bone disease and was unable to complete primary school. He has worked at Shanga since early 2013.

November 23, 2015

Ripple effect of a St Jude's education

2015 graduate Tumaini has used his St Jude’s education to start a mentorship program at an under-resourced government school.

November 18, 2015

Meet Lopoi, future Maasai leader

"I need to succeed with my education so I can fight poverty and my family can live a sustainable life," says Lopoi, a 20-year-old student from the Maasai region of Monduli, one hour outside Arusha. Lopoi is the third oldest of 19 siblings in a family that is trapped in poverty. Neither of his parents […]

November 10, 2015

Raising literacy standards in Tanzania

St Jude’s dominated a recent national essay competition, with six of the top ten places.

November 8, 2015

Graduates top 2% in Tanzania

Our 2015 standard 7 class ranked in the 2% of all schools in Tanzania.

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