The School of St Jude

The School of St Jude, Tanzania, East Africa
Fighting Poverty Through Education
Website:      www.schoolofstjude.co.tz 

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Greetings from St Jude's! 
Thank you so much for being a part of our much-needed Teacher Sponsorship program. This year, your sponsored teacher,
Mr Sebastian Gitbang,  is Academic Master at our Upper Primary campus. He also teaches some Grade 6 Science classes.
Above is a recent photo of Sebastian Gitbang with students at the school. (Extract from message of 2 March 2011)


Message of 11 March 2011  

Message of 11 February 2011   
 

Message of 29 January 2011

  
Messages of 23 December 2010 and 8 January 2011:
Christmas Card and Message from Students and Staff
An award for sponsored teacher, Seraphine Lyimo
Term 3 Newsletter and
St Jude's Star - Students Newsletter
 

Message          Newsletter     22 November 2010

Awards for Teachers sponsored by Parkwood Rotary Club -  October 2010
 

Message of  22 October 2010

Message of  20 September 2010

Message of 6 August 2010

Message of 22 June 2010

Message of 29 May 2010

Message of 13 April 2010

Special Message received on 10 March 2010

Gemma in Australia from February to April - see latest Message for Diary

Message from Gemma of The School of St Jude - 22 January

Message from Gemma of The School of St Jude - 10 January

Message 17 December 2009

Preview of documentary of the School of St Jude
(click documentary in right hand column)

 Message 1 November 2009

Newsletter 9 October 2009
 

 Message and Newsletter 22 September 2009

2010 Calendar

Message from The School of St Jude 19 July 2009

Powerpoint Photo Slideshow

        Bulletin

 Teachers Sponsored by Parkwood Rotary Club

About Tanzania
Located on the southeastern African coast and full of some of the most diverse and beautiful natural environments,
Tanzania is ranked 164 out of 173 countries in the Human Development Index and 226 out of 232 countries in GDP per
capita.  Over 60% of Tanzanians live on less than $2 per day.  In this context, education suffers. Only 6% of Tanzanian
students reach secondary school, one of the worst rates in the world.  And the government spends only about half of
what other Sub-Saharan countries spend on education.
(The above graphically demonstrates the need being met in Tanzania by The School of St Jude)


Gemma with some of the students at The School of St Jude

THE CLUB DONATED 1000 PAIRS OF SCHOOL SOCKS IN 2007

John Tunnicliff, Gemma and kindergarten children at St Jude's when John made the
first delivery of socks in July 2007. On 11 September 2007 John reported as follows:
The Rotary Club of Parkwood has donated 1000 pairs of school socks to the School of St. Jude, Tanzania. The club extends it's thanks to the management of Queensland Hosiery Mill at Carrara, who not only supplied the socks at a special price, but also donated 300 pairs of almost perfect seconds sport socks. These will all be sent by container from Brisbane next week, along with donated computers and other goods which have been supplied by others for the school. Supply of socks has been an ongoing problem at the school for years as there is no factory in Tanzania supplying school socks. As Gemma said when I visited the school recently "It has got to the stage where many of the children have more hole than sock in their socks"

PARKWOOD ROTARY CLUB SPONSORED TWO CLASSROOMS AND
DONATED TWENTY DESKS AT TOTAL OUTLAY OF $4000.

During 2006/7 International Service Director John Tunnicliff arranged for the Club to contribute $4000 towards the cost of new classrooms and  20 desks for The School of St Jude

John reported receipt of the following message from the School of St Jude dated 27 April, 2007:

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