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St Jude's

A Girl from Guyra, a School in Africa and the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes

By: Gemma Sisia

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St Jude's

A Girl from Guyra, a School in Africa and the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes

By: Gemma Sisia

St Jude's is the remarkable story of an Australian girl from the bush who's busy transforming the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, of African children. Her name is Gemma Sisia, and she runs a school in Tanzania called The School of St Jude. Gemma's idea is simple. Her school is for the very poorest kids, the ones whose families can't afford the clothes or books or even pencils to send their children to the supposedly "free" government schools. These are the children of illiterate parents, whose destiny is to remain trapped in a cycle of poor education, illiteracy and poverty. Her slogan is "fighting poverty through education".Gemma started St Jude's (named after the patron saint of hopeless causes) in 2002 with an 18-year-old volunteer teacher from Sydney, three kids and her own boundless energy. From those humble beginnings, the school now has over 850 students, and one of the best academic records in the country. There are plans for a second campus, and a long term aim of reproducing the hugely successful formula across Tanzania and East Africa. St Jude's is an astonishing success for kids who would otherwise have no hope and no future. This is a truly amazing story about how the determination of one person can help change the world.

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Macmillan Publishers Aus.

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1405037954

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The School That Hope Built

The inspirational Australian woman using education to fight poverty in Africa

By: Madeleine Kelly,Gemma Sisia

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The School That Hope Built

The inspirational Australian woman using education to fight poverty in Africa

By: Madeleine Kelly,Gemma Sisia

An extraordinary account of Gemma Sisia's twenty years as the founder of St Jude's, a school that is changing the lives of some of the poorest children in Tanzania. From a country town in Australia to a small village in Tanzania, Gemma Sisia has built a truly remarkable legacy. In 2002, Gemma founded The School of St Jude in her husband's home country of Tanzania, with the goal of empowering local Tanzanians to build a school community unlike any other. From humble beginnings, with just three students and one volunteer teacher, St Jude's now provides free education to over 1,800 Tanzanian school students and supplies more than 10,000 government school students with volunteer teachers each year. St Jude's also supports its alumni to become the doctors, engineers, tradespeople, entrepreneurs and teachers of the next generation. Sharing the incredible twenty-year journey from an Australian girl's simple vision to an educational powerhouse with 350 local staff, The School That Hope Built reveals how St Jude's is breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty one student at a time.

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Allen & Unwin

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1761186787

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9781761186783

St Jude's

A Girl from Guyra, a School in Africa and the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes

By: Gemma Sisia

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A Girl from Guyra, a School in Africa and the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes

By: Gemma Sisia

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Macmillan Publishers Aus.

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1405037954

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