FAQs about supporting St Jude’s

FAQs about supporting St Jude’s

Click on a topic below for more details.

If you have more questions, contact us!

Payments and tax efficiency

If you need to update your credit card details, please follow these steps.

1. Login

Login using your username and password. If you don’t remember your username or password, use the Forgot Password link on the login page. Click here to login to your account.

Login

2. My Sponsorship

Once you’ve logged in, whether you have a monthly donation or a sponsorship you navigation to the ‘My Sponsorship’ tab.

3. Update Credit Card

Then click on the ‘Update Credit Card’ button.

4. Use new credit card

You’ll be taken to a screen where you’ll need to select ‘Use a new credit card’ and continue by clicking ‘Change payment method’.

Change Payment Method

5. Enter card details

Enter your card details and click ‘Confirm and Pay’. Note that there is no payment in this process this is just updating your card.

Confirm and Pay

6. Complete

That’s it. You’ll be presented with a thank you page which confirms your card is updated.

Complete

If you have any trouble please contact our Accounts Team vis email at accounts@schoolofstjude.co.tz and they will assist you.

Should you have any questions or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Payments made in Australian Dollars

Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, cheque and direct deposit.

Payments made in United States Dollars

Check, credit card or wire transfer via The American Friends of The School of St Jude.

Payments made in British Pounds

Cheque, debit or credit card, standing order or internet banking through Liverpool Charity and Volunteer Services.

Payments made in New Zealand Dollars

Cheque or direct deposit through Rotary New Zealand World Community Services (RNZWCS).

Other currencies

Our Visa, MasterCard and PayPal facilities accept payments from internationally issued credit cards. Payments will be processed in Australian Dollars and your financial institution may charge a currency conversion fee.

Cheque

The School of St Jude accepts personal, business and bank cheques. We encourage Australian residents to register their cheque payment through our website.

 

Please make your cheque out to “The Public Fund of The East Africa Fund” and mail to:

 

The School of St Jude
Australian Financial Coordinator
PO Box 82
Kew East VIC 3102
Australia

 

Please include a note advising the following:

  • Your (or the donor’s) full name
  • The postal address of the donor
  • The email address of the donor
  • A message to say for what the money is to be used
  •  

Direct deposit

Please include your full name in the transaction reference. Also please email
accounts@schoolofstjude.co.tz to advise the date and amount of the transaction. Both of these actions help us to identify payments into the NAB account and to allocate the money correctly.
 

Make your direct deposit to:

Bank Name: National Australia Bank

Account Name: East African Fund Ltd

BSB: 083166

Account Number: 412011750

 

The School of St Jude accepts direct deposits into our Australian bank account. A direct deposit can be made through Internet banking, phone banking or local bank branch. We encourage Australian residents to register their direct deposit payment through our website.

Our American supporters can donate online, by check, or wire transfer via The American Friends of the School of St Jude.

 

The American Friends of the School of St Jude, Tanzania, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity with federal tax exempt status. Their EIN is 47-3077055. You will receive a receipt for your tax-deductible gift from American Friends.

 

Online

Click here to make a donation.

You will be redirected the The American Friends of the School of St Jude’s website, where you can make your tax deductible contribution to the school.

 

By check

Visit our donate page,
select check option and fill out the form.

Then make check payable to AF School of St Jude and mail to:

AF School of St Jude

PO Box 3994

Rapid City, SD 57709

 

By wire transfer or to contribute other types of property

Contact American Friends at:

Email: info@afstjude.org

Payments in British Pounds are accepted and processed via the charity, Liverpool Charity and Volunteer Services (LCVS). For more information about LCVS, visit www.lcvs.org.uk.

 

Service fee

  • For cheque, debit card, standing order and internet banking payments, please add 4% of your contribution value to your payment (up to a maximum of £50.00)
  • For credit card payments, please add 4% of your contribution value to your payment (with no maximum limit)

 

To calculate your total payment, divide the £ value of your contribution by 0.96.

 

By cheque

  1. Write your cheque “LCVS (The School of St Jude)”
  2. Download the LCVS form and send with cheque
  3. Send the LCVS form and cheque to:
    LCVS
    151 Dale Street
    Liverpool L2 2AH

 

You will receive a receipt for your tax-deductible gift from LCVS and will receive an acknowledgement from the The School of St Jude after the gift is transferred from LCVS to the school.

 

By debit/credit card

By phone

0151 227 5177 (Monday—Friday, 9am–5pm)

 

Online

  1. Visit www.lcvs.org.uk
  2. Click on the “Donate Online” button
  3. Select “The School of St Jude” as your chosen charity
  4. Complete the web form details and continue

 

By standing order

Download, print and complete the Standing Order Mandate and Gift Aid Declaration on page 4 of this document.
Mail it to:

 

LCVS
151 Dale Street
Liverpool L2 2AH
 

By Internet banking

Transfer your contribution to:

 

Account Name: LCVS Distribution A/C

Sort Code: 40-29-08

Account Number: 41244337

 

So LCVS can identify your transaction, please send an email to confirm your contribution to charityservices@lcvs.org.uk

Payments in New Zealand Dollars are accepted and processed by Rotary New Zealand World Community Services (RNZWCS).
For more information about RNZWCS, visit www.rnzwcs.org.

By cheque

  1. Write your cheque to “RNZWCS Limited”
  2. Send the cheque to:
    RNZWCS Limited
    PO BOX 20309
    Christchurch NZ 8543
  3. Include with your cheque payment a note to advise that the money is donated to St Jude’s, your full contact name, postal address and email address.

By direct deposit

Bank: Westpac

Account Number: 03 1702 0192208 02

Swift Code: WPACNZ2W

Please include your full name as the bank transaction reference.

Please email RNZWCS at stuart.batty@rnzwcs.org (cc: St Jude’s
at accounts1@schoolofstjude.co.tz) to advise the date and amount of the transaction.

Australia

All donation and sponsorship contributions over AUD $2.00 are tax deductible when payment is made via our website or to tax-deductible bank accounts advised by us. The tax deductible entity in Australia that supports the school is known as ‘The Public Fund of The East African Fund Ltd.’ We encourage you to make your tax-deductible payment through our website. Tax receipts will be sent to supporters within four weeks of the end of each Australian financial year in June. If you would like a tax receipt sooner, please make contact with us and we will make the necessary arrangements.

United States

US-based donors and sponsors can support our activities in a tax-efficient way by making their contribution to The American Friends of The School of St Jude. Visit www.afstjude.org.

United Kingdom

UK-based donors and sponsors can support our activities in a tax-efficient way by making their contribution to Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS). Contributions from individuals to LCVS (St Jude’s School) can be eligible for Gift Aid and gifts of shares/land/property and Legacies can be made tax-efficiently.
Company donations are eligible to be offset against Corporation Tax. LCVS is helping St Jude’s and its supporters to maximize the benefit of their giving. LCVS is a UK registered charity and charitable Trust Corporation which has been processing charity funds for over 80 years. For more information about LCVS,
visit www.lcvs.org.uk.

New Zealand

New Zealand-based donors and sponsors can support our activities in a tax-efficient way by making their contribution to Rotary New Zealand World Community Services (RNZWCS). For more information about RNZWCS, visit www.rnzwcs.org.

Other countries

Upon receipt of your donation or sponsorship contribution, The School of St Jude will issue a general receipt by email in the currency received. We hope that this documentation assists with tax deductibility in your country. If there is another way that we can help make your contribution to St Jude’s tax deductible, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@schoolofstjude.co.tz with your suggestion.

For assistance to start or renew a sponsorship, or to pay sponsorship fees when your currency is other than Australian dollars, please contact us at info@schoolofstjude.co.tz.
We are happy to help.

Sponsoring

Sponsoring a student here at St Jude’s contributes towards their educational costs – providing textbooks, stationery, school uniforms, transport to and from school, hot nutritious lunches, as well as maintaining school resources such as our computer and science labs, libraries, and playgrounds.

Then once your sponsored student starts boarding (in Grade 5), or if they are already boarding, your sponsorship will also go towards the cost of their boarding experience – providing them with a safe, clean place to live and study, as well as supervising boarding parents and educational support.
A Sole Sponsorship covers the full cost of a St Jude’s scholarship, meaning you are the only sponsor of your St Jude’s student. A Co-Sponsorship covers half the cost of a St Jude’s scholarship and a Shared Sponsorship covers part of the cost.
You are more than welcome to send us a message for your sponsored student(s) via our email address sponsor@schoolofstjude.co.tz. Any letters we receive in this way will be printed off and given to your sponsored student. Our students love hearing from their sponsors! Please be aware that due to our students’ busy timetables here at school, your sponsored student will not always get the chance to reply right away. Our students will have the opportunity to write to you once a term, but we as the Sponsor Relations Team will also be in contact with any news and updates concerning their progress here at school. If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Gifts in the Post:

The gift of a high quality education is already the greatest gift of all for our students. If, however, you
would like to also send your sponsored student(s) gifts, we happily receive them here at the School.

Appropriate gifts may include anything that may help your sponsored student in their studies such as a new school backpack or pencil case. Novels and story books, sports equipment and games, stickers and colored pens, are all advised gifts which would be appreciated by our students.

St Jude’s Gift Packs:

Student gift packs are a fast and easy way to provide your sponsored student with an appropriate gift without the hassle of postage charges or delays. Your purchase will also help support the local business in the community. Our gift packs are available to purchase online through our website here.

When purchasing simply add a comment that the student pack is for your particular sponsored student.

We love visitors! You are more than welcome to come and visit us here at The School of St Jude. We have a Visitors Team who can advise you when is the best time to come and help make your stay memorable for all involved. If you would like to visit us please just get in contact on visitor@schoolofstjude.co.tz.

You will get the chance to see the running of the school with full tours of all our campuses, and of course most importantly, you will have the opportunity to spend time with your sponsored student. As a sponsor you can also visit your student’s home and meet their family. Accommodation is provided at school and is free for sponsors.
We ask sponsors to commit to a minimum of three years of sponsorship. This is to ensure stability for our students as well as our school. As a sponsor you can communicate with your sponsored student as often or as little as you would like. You are permitted to communicate with your sponsored student through our official school channel, the Sponsor Relations Team ONLY. As a sponsor you may not exchange personal contact information with your sponsored student. We ask that you do not accept or extend social media invitations or befriend any student or staff member and do not offer money directly to a sponsored student or their family member. If your sponsored student attempts to contact you through a channel other than the Sponsor Relations Team please contact us. If you have further questions about sponsor expectations please email us.
As a sponsor you will receive a detailed profile full of information about your sponsored student when you sign up. Additionally, you will receive regular updates regarding your student throughout their journey at St Jude’s. Each year, you will also receive your student’s annual school photo, school reports, three letters from your sponsored student, as well as notifications on special achievements they may attain throughout the year.

At St Jude’s our academic year runs from January to December. In the Tanzanian National Curriculum there is required standardized testing at Grade 4, Grade 7, Form 2 and Form 4. Students must pass these tests to continue onto the next year of their education here at St Jude’s. We have three school campuses. Our Sisia Campus, located in Moshono, a bustling lush area on the outskirts of Arusha, is home to both our Lower Primary students (Grade 1-4) and Upper Primary students (Grade 5-7). A ten minute walk from our Sisia Campus is the Moivaro Boarding Campus, home to our Upper Primary students (Grade 5-7) who board during the week. Our third campus, the Smith Secondary Campus, is located about 45 km outside of Arusha in Usa River. Situated at the base of Mount Meru, this campus is both the school and boarding campus for our students from Form 1-6.

Our students begin to board in Grade 5. They continue to board straight through to heir last year here at St Jude’s, Form 6.

Donating

Yes, we accept gifts in kind. Please see our wish list for our guidelines and needed items.

If you’re making a visit and have room, please pack them in your luggage.

The School of St Jude

Donor Relations Team
PO Box 11875
Arusha
Tanzania
East Africa

Please remember that parcels sent by airmail can take up to four months to arrive (sea mail is even longer — often 12+ months!), so don’t worry if it takes some time for us to let you know the parcel has arrived. We will email you when it does.

These points are guidelines and are not guaranteed to eliminate additional charges; each postal worker applies them differently.

  • Please do not register or insure any mail as the school incurs collection taxes upon arrival
  • Mark all parcels as “second-hand goods” or “personal gifts”
  • Ensure the description of goods written on the parcel matches the actual items inside, as customs and postal staff frequently inspect contents of parcels
  • Please put the value of the package at no more than USD $10 (the lower the better)
  • Ensure that your parcel is LESS THAN 2KG. We have been advised that parcels less than 2KG are technically tax-free regardless of content, but this is not guaranteed by all postal workers

Tax-free items

  • Books
  • Personal goods
  • Anything that is not new; please remove labels and packaging from all items before sending them

We have a standard letter explaining that St Jude’s is a charity and we request that the excess baggage fees be waived for you. Please contact our Donor Relations Team and provide your name and travel dates so we can email a personalised letter to you. You can then forward it on to your airline.

As much as we appreciate your generosity and offer to help even more, we have decided not to allow monetary or goods contributions to the families or the community. Along the same lines, sponsors are not allowed to contribute money towards other expenses the family may have such as medical care, housing, market bills, etc.

It is not feasible for the school to become involved with our students’ families and the community beyond educating our students. Expanding into community and family assistance would put us at risk of straying away from our mission statement and stretching the resources of the school beyond its limit. We have to enforce the policy “education assistance only” for our students.

The school feels that the long-term solution of Fighting Poverty through Education is the one we must concentrate on so that our available resources are used effectively and sustainably.

Payments and tax efficiency

If you need to update your credit card details, please follow these steps.

1. Login

Login using your username and password. If you don't remember your username or password, use the Forgot Password link on the login page. Click here to login to your account.

Login

2. My Sponsorship

Once you've logged in, whether you have a monthly donation or a sponsorship you navigation to the 'My Sponsorship' tab.

3. Update Credit Card

Then click on the 'Update Credit Card' button.

4. Use new credit card

You'll be taken to a screen where you'll need to select 'Use a new credit card' and continue by clicking 'Change payment method'.

Change Payment Method

5. Enter card details

Enter your card details and click 'Confirm and Pay'. Note that there is no payment in this process this is just updating your card.

Confirm and Pay

6. Complete

That's it. You'll be presented with a thank you page which confirms your card is updated.

Complete

If you have any trouble please contact our Accounts Team vis email at accounts@schoolofstjude.co.tz and they will assist you.

Should you have any questions or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Payments made in Australian Dollars

Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, cheque and direct deposit.

Payments made in United States Dollars

Check, credit card or wire transfer via The American Friends of The School of St Jude.

Payments made in British Pounds

Cheque, debit or credit card, standing order or internet banking through Liverpool Charity and Volunteer Services.

Payments made in New Zealand Dollars

Cheque or direct deposit through Rotary New Zealand World Community Services (RNZWCS).

Other currencies

Our Visa, MasterCard and PayPal facilities accept payments from internationally issued credit cards. Payments will be processed in Australian Dollars and your financial institution may charge a currency conversion fee.

Cheque

The School of St Jude accepts personal, business and bank cheques. We encourage Australian residents to register their cheque payment through our website.

 

Please make your cheque out to “The Public Fund of The East Africa Fund” and mail to:

 

The School of St Jude
Australian Financial Coordinator
PO Box 82
Kew East VIC 3102
Australia

 

Please include a note advising the following:

  • Your (or the donor’s) full name
  • The postal address of the donor
  • The email address of the donor
  • A message to say for what the money is to be used
  •  

Direct deposit

Please include your full name in the transaction reference. Also please email
accounts@schoolofstjude.co.tz to advise the date and amount of the transaction. Both of these actions help us to identify payments into the NAB account and to allocate the money correctly.
 

Make your direct deposit to:

Bank Name: National Australia Bank

Account Name: East African Fund Ltd

BSB: 083166

Account Number: 412011750

 

The School of St Jude accepts direct deposits into our Australian bank account. A direct deposit can be made through Internet banking, phone banking or local bank branch. We encourage Australian residents to register their direct deposit payment through our website.

Our American supporters can donate online, by check, or wire transfer via The American Friends of the School of St Jude.

 

The American Friends of the School of St Jude, Tanzania, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity with federal tax exempt status. Their EIN is 47-3077055. You will receive a receipt for your tax-deductible gift from American Friends.

 

Online

Click here to make a donation.

You will be redirected the The American Friends of the School of St Jude's website, where you can make your tax deductible contribution to the school.

 

By check

Visit our donate page,
select check option and fill out the form.

Then make check payable to AF School of St Jude and mail to:

AF School of St Jude

PO Box 3994

Rapid City, SD 57709

 

By wire transfer or to contribute other types of property

Contact American Friends at:

Email: info@afstjude.org

Payments in British Pounds are accepted and processed via the charity, Liverpool Charity and Volunteer Services (LCVS). For more information about LCVS, visit www.lcvs.org.uk.

 

Service fee

  • For cheque, debit card, standing order and internet banking payments, please add 4% of your contribution value to your payment (up to a maximum of £50.00)
  • For credit card payments, please add 4% of your contribution value to your payment (with no maximum limit)

 

To calculate your total payment, divide the £ value of your contribution by 0.96.

 

By cheque

  1. Write your cheque “LCVS (The School of St Jude)”
  2. Download the LCVS form and send with cheque
  3. Send the LCVS form and cheque to:
    LCVS
    151 Dale Street
    Liverpool L2 2AH

 

You will receive a receipt for your tax-deductible gift from LCVS and will receive an acknowledgement from the The School of St Jude after the gift is transferred from LCVS to the school.

 

By debit/credit card

By phone

0151 227 5177 (Monday—Friday, 9am–5pm)

 

Online

  1. Visit www.lcvs.org.uk
  2. Click on the “Donate Online” button
  3. Select “The School of St Jude” as your chosen charity
  4. Complete the web form details and continue

 

By standing order

Download, print and complete the Standing Order Mandate and Gift Aid Declaration on page 4 of this document.
Mail it to:

 

LCVS
151 Dale Street
Liverpool L2 2AH
 

By Internet banking

Transfer your contribution to:

 

Account Name: LCVS Distribution A/C

Sort Code: 40-29-08

Account Number: 41244337

 

So LCVS can identify your transaction, please send an email to confirm your contribution to charityservices@lcvs.org.uk

Payments in New Zealand Dollars are accepted and processed by Rotary New Zealand World Community Services (RNZWCS).
For more information about RNZWCS, visit www.rnzwcs.org.

By cheque

  1. Write your cheque to “RNZWCS Limited”
  2. Send the cheque to:
    RNZWCS Limited
    PO BOX 20309
    Christchurch NZ 8543
  3. Include with your cheque payment a note to advise that the money is donated to St Jude’s, your full contact name, postal address and email address.

By direct deposit

Bank: Westpac

Account Number: 03 1702 0192208 02

Swift Code: WPACNZ2W

Please include your full name as the bank transaction reference.

Please email RNZWCS at stuart.batty@rnzwcs.org (cc: St Jude’s
at accounts1@schoolofstjude.co.tz) to advise the date and amount of the transaction.

Australia

All donation and sponsorship contributions over AUD $2.00 are tax deductible when payment is made via our website or to tax-deductible bank accounts advised by us. The tax deductible entity in Australia that supports the school is known as ‘The Public Fund of The East African Fund Ltd.’ We encourage you to make your tax-deductible payment through our website. Tax receipts will be sent to supporters within four weeks of the end of each Australian financial year in June. If you would like a tax receipt sooner, please make contact with us and we will make the necessary arrangements.

United States

US-based donors and sponsors can support our activities in a tax-efficient way by making their contribution to The American Friends of The School of St Jude. Visit www.afstjude.org.

United Kingdom

UK-based donors and sponsors can support our activities in a tax-efficient way by making their contribution to Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS). Contributions from individuals to LCVS (St Jude’s School) can be eligible for Gift Aid and gifts of shares/land/property and Legacies can be made tax-efficiently.
Company donations are eligible to be offset against Corporation Tax. LCVS is helping St Jude’s and its supporters to maximize the benefit of their giving. LCVS is a UK registered charity and charitable Trust Corporation which has been processing charity funds for over 80 years. For more information about LCVS,
visit www.lcvs.org.uk.

New Zealand

New Zealand-based donors and sponsors can support our activities in a tax-efficient way by making their contribution to Rotary New Zealand World Community Services (RNZWCS). For more information about RNZWCS, visit www.rnzwcs.org.

Other countries

Upon receipt of your donation or sponsorship contribution, The School of St Jude will issue a general receipt by email in the currency received. We hope that this documentation assists with tax deductibility in your country. If there is another way that we can help make your contribution to St Jude’s tax deductible, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@schoolofstjude.co.tz with your suggestion.

For assistance to start or renew a sponsorship, or to pay sponsorship fees when your currency is other than Australian dollars, please contact us at info@schoolofstjude.co.tz.
We are happy to help.


Sponsoring

Sponsoring a student here at St Jude’s contributes towards their educational costs - providing textbooks, stationery, school uniforms, transport to and from school, hot nutritious lunches, as well as maintaining school resources such as our computer and science labs, libraries, and playgrounds.

Then once your sponsored student starts boarding (in Grade 5), or if they are already boarding, your sponsorship will also go towards the cost of their boarding experience - providing them with a safe, clean place to live and study, as well as supervising boarding parents and educational support.
A Sole Sponsorship covers the full cost of a St Jude’s scholarship, meaning you are the only sponsor of your St Jude’s student. A Co-Sponsorship covers half the cost of a St Jude’s scholarship and a Shared Sponsorship covers part of the cost.
You are more than welcome to send us a message for your sponsored student(s) via our email address sponsor@schoolofstjude.co.tz. Any letters we receive in this way will be printed off and given to your sponsored student. Our students love hearing from their sponsors! Please be aware that due to our students’ busy timetables here at school, your sponsored student will not always get the chance to reply right away. Our students will have the opportunity to write to you once a term, but we as the Sponsor Relations Team will also be in contact with any news and updates concerning their progress here at school. If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Gifts in the Post:

The gift of a high quality education is already the greatest gift of all for our students. If, however, you
would like to also send your sponsored student(s) gifts, we happily receive them here at the School.

Appropriate gifts may include anything that may help your sponsored student in their studies such as a new school backpack or pencil case. Novels and story books, sports equipment and games, stickers and colored pens, are all advised gifts which would be appreciated by our students.

St Jude’s Gift Packs:

Student gift packs are a fast and easy way to provide your sponsored student with an appropriate gift without the hassle of postage charges or delays. Your purchase will also help support the local business in the community. Our gift packs are available to purchase online through our website here.

When purchasing simply add a comment that the student pack is for your particular sponsored student.

We love visitors! You are more than welcome to come and visit us here at The School of St Jude. We have a Visitors Team who can advise you when is the best time to come and help make your stay memorable for all involved. If you would like to visit us please just get in contact on visitor@schoolofstjude.co.tz.

You will get the chance to see the running of the school with full tours of all our campuses, and of course most importantly, you will have the opportunity to spend time with your sponsored student. As a sponsor you can also visit your student’s home and meet their family. Accommodation is provided at school and is free for sponsors.
We ask sponsors to commit to a minimum of three years of sponsorship. This is to ensure stability for our students as well as our school. As a sponsor you can communicate with your sponsored student as often or as little as you would like. You are permitted to communicate with your sponsored student through our official school channel, the Sponsor Relations Team ONLY. As a sponsor you may not exchange personal contact information with your sponsored student. We ask that you do not accept or extend social media invitations or befriend any student or staff member and do not offer money directly to a sponsored student or their family member. If your sponsored student attempts to contact you through a channel other than the Sponsor Relations Team please contact us. If you have further questions about sponsor expectations please email us.
As a sponsor you will receive a detailed profile full of information about your sponsored student when you sign up. Additionally, you will receive regular updates regarding your student throughout their journey at St Jude’s. Each year, you will also receive your student’s annual school photo, school reports, three letters from your sponsored student, as well as notifications on special achievements they may attain throughout the year.

At St Jude’s our academic year runs from January to December. In the Tanzanian National Curriculum there is required standardized testing at Grade 4, Grade 7, Form 2 and Form 4. Students must pass these tests to continue onto the next year of their education here at St Jude’s. We have three school campuses. Our Sisia Campus, located in Moshono, a bustling lush area on the outskirts of Arusha, is home to both our Lower Primary students (Grade 1-4) and Upper Primary students (Grade 5-7). A ten minute walk from our Sisia Campus is the Moivaro Boarding Campus, home to our Upper Primary students (Grade 5-7) who board during the week. Our third campus, the Smith Secondary Campus, is located about 45 km outside of Arusha in Usa River. Situated at the base of Mount Meru, this campus is both the school and boarding campus for our students from Form 1-6.

Our students begin to board in Grade 5. They continue to board straight through to heir last year here at St Jude’s, Form 6.


Donating

Yes, we accept gifts in kind. Please see our wish list for our guidelines and needed items.

If you’re making a visit and have room, please pack them in your luggage.

The School of St Jude

Donor Relations Team
PO Box 11875
Arusha
Tanzania
East Africa

Please remember that parcels sent by airmail can take up to four months to arrive (sea mail is even longer — often 12+ months!), so don’t worry if it takes some time for us to let you know the parcel has arrived. We will email you when it does.

These points are guidelines and are not guaranteed to eliminate additional charges; each postal worker applies them differently.

  • Please do not register or insure any mail as the school incurs collection taxes upon arrival
  • Mark all parcels as “second-hand goods” or “personal gifts”
  • Ensure the description of goods written on the parcel matches the actual items inside, as customs and postal staff frequently inspect contents of parcels
  • Please put the value of the package at no more than USD $10 (the lower the better)
  • Ensure that your parcel is LESS THAN 2KG. We have been advised that parcels less than 2KG are technically tax-free regardless of content, but this is not guaranteed by all postal workers

Tax-free items

  • Books
  • Personal goods
  • Anything that is not new; please remove labels and packaging from all items before sending them

We have a standard letter explaining that St Jude’s is a charity and we request that the excess baggage fees be waived for you. Please contact our Donor Relations Team and provide your name and travel dates so we can email a personalised letter to you. You can then forward it on to your airline.

As much as we appreciate your generosity and offer to help even more, we have decided not to allow monetary or goods contributions to the families or the community. Along the same lines, sponsors are not allowed to contribute money towards other expenses the family may have such as medical care, housing, market bills, etc.

It is not feasible for the school to become involved with our students’ families and the community beyond educating our students. Expanding into community and family assistance would put us at risk of straying away from our mission statement and stretching the resources of the school beyond its limit. We have to enforce the policy “education assistance only” for our students.

The school feels that the long-term solution of Fighting Poverty through Education is the one we must concentrate on so that our available resources are used effectively and sustainably.