Two Lower Primary teachers at St Jude’s are going beyond the normal duties of teaching to help a little prep child, who is overcoming major hurdles, as he has albinism and suffers severe visual problems. Martha Dello and Anna Nnko are up for the challenge though and are doing all they can to help Sebastian […]
Zenith Media and Freudenberg show their community spirit by sponsoring the event. Two Form 4 students, Eunice and Robert, took out first prize for their unique refrigerator project in the fourth annual St Jude’s Science Fair, held on Saturday, March 29th. The students made the refrigerator out of tiles, cement, charcoal and other materials […]
St Jude’s students are notching up more awards in national essay writing competitions. Recently, Form 3 student, Joseph came 2nd in the ‘Back to School Essay Writing Competition’, conducted by Shule Direct based in Dar es Salaam. Joseph wrote an essay about sustainable tourism, looking at the importance of educating a community on environmental conservation […]
As the quality of education takes front seat in the international debate about development, and with teacher qualification ranking high in the list of priorities, the Gordon V. and Helen C. Smith Foundation points to the importance of studying success stories that could help create a list of best practices in the field. UNESCO’s 2014 EFA Global […]
A Brisbane man has turned his back on a promising career in finance and fat bank balances. Nathan Taiaroa, 26, farewelled corporate Australia, put his career on hold and travelled 12,000 kilometres to volunteer at one of Africa's largest non-profit schools, The School of St Jude in Tanzania. Read the full article here
This is part of Ethical Jobs' blog posts, which go behind the scenes to meet some of the people and organisations who are finding each other through Ethical Jobs. Today's story is from Matt Chard who found his Volunteer Grant Writer role with The School of St Jude, Tanzania, after seeing the ad on the Ethical […]
Gemma Sisia joins RN Breakfast to discuss the school she established in Tanzania over a decade ago. Beginning with just 12 pupils it now has 1,800 and is mostly funded by the donations of 4,000 Australians. But now the school has been granted 'charity status' meaning it can greatly expand its operations. Listen to RN's […]
Empowering girls and women through education is a major driving force behind St Jude’s and it’s what we were passionate about on International Women’s Day which was held on March 8. The day is a global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women in the past, present and future. As part of […]
National school exams in Tanzania are tough and often used to gauge a students’ performance. Each year, Grade 7’s, 9’s and 11’s from St Jude’s and public schools from across the country, have to pass the exam to be able to move on to the next level of secondary school. For the students in government schools […]
