"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 […]
Bright-eyed seven-year-old Emanuel is a man of the people, as popular on the playgrounds of St Jude's as he is among the adults in the school's office. "Everyone knows Emanuel because he comes into the office every day just to say hello and ask us how we are," says St Jude's Community Service team member […]
"Education is empowerment," says Tumaini, a single mother raising two children in a cramped single-room house in one of Arusha's poorest suburbs. "With an education you can get a job anywhere. You can do anything." For many Tanzanians, education is out of reach. The average Tanzanian spends just 5.11 years at school and only 35% […]
Our very own stylish ambassador, Rebel Wilson, proved what a champion she is when she recently conquered a charity challenge on The Ellen Degeneres Show. Not only did Rebel take Ellen’s Fashionable Charity Challenge in her high-heeled stride, she did it to win USD$10,000 for our school. Rebel appeared on the hugely popular show to […]
The entire student body and all our staff got together at our Sisia Campus to celebrate St Jude's Day with an extravaganza of singing, dancing and cultural shows. Our talented students entertained each other with moving and entertaining performances giving thanks to St Jude, the patron saint of lost and desperate causes, and the people […]
Our Upper Primary English department hosted the final of its three annual school debates, with the rousing subject of ‘Who Would Make the Best Tanzanian President?'
