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The School of St Jude (Est. 2002)


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The FIRSTsponsoredstudent.

Winnie

fromUganda


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Winnie

atMakerereUniversity,

Uganda


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Startingthe

The East African Fund Inc.(CFN 16123)


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Tanzania

Uganda

Kenya

Arusha


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The block of land

for the school


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The first Volunteer Team !!


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Digging

the

foundationsof the

1st

classrooms


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A fewweeks

later


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The Volunteer Team !!


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Again only a few weeks later


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Creating

the

Library


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Thousands of books were sent to theschool thanks to Rotary


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On arrival they were sorted,


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catalogued


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Completing

the

Classrooms


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PlasteringRendering

Painting


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Donated school furniture came by

ship thanks to Rotary


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Finally, a classroom!!


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Constructing

the

Computer Room


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Computers were checked first in a

woolshed in Australia


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Desks installed


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a computer class!!Finally,


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Sponsoring a studentat

The School of St Jude


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In 2002

Our first 3students


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800+ children come every Fridayfor sponsorship interviews


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eventuallythe children

are arrangedinto manylines ready

forinterviews


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The 10-20% who meet the strict criteria returnSaturday in order that their records can be checked


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By Monday,numbers havereduced from800 down to 4


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Students then go into a probationclass for up to a month


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Before sponsors came along


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After.


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Meet

EsuvatOjungu


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In 2004 however

Esuvat wassponsored tocome to The

School of St Judeby a Rotary Clubin Australia


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In the last official government

Standard 4 exams at the end of

2005, the students from TheSchool of St Jude achieved an

average of 90.8% over the 5

official papers sat.


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And in these

exams, Esuvat

was placed 1stout of 17,581

students


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5 students from

The School of St

Jude were

placed in the

top 10 of the

17,581 students


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Sponsoringa childcosts $760US

per year

Sponsors


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Sponsors

come to Africa

to meettheir sponsored child


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Nicole meets Elizabeth!


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David andKerry Steller

meetingOlivia and

her brotherand

grandmother


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Our progress

in 4 years?


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4 years ago

Angela andher 3 students

today.around 700 students!


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s4 years ago

volunteersslept in thestore-room


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Today


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4 years ago

The School of St Jude

AFRICA

today


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today

The School of St Jude!


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4 years ago

these childrenhad no future


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Todaythey are using

Microsoft Word and

Excel!


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learning

to think

critically


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eating hot nutritious meals


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Learning about their beautiful culture


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going on excursions

4 years ago


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there was just Ang and myself

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around 150 staffare employed at the school

Today


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Over 50 teachers


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16 cooks and cleaners

13 bus drivers


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..and around 50 builders


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A school is nothing without good teachers


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All teachers are taught computers


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Seminars are given


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andassessmentideas shared

so that theycan become anessential part

of the school


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and their community!

Sponsoring a


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Sponsoring a

teacher

costs

$350USper year

Vi iti


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Visiting

sponsor

Paul

Weinland

from New

Jersey-USAwith the

teachers &

childrenthat he

sponsors


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4 years ago kids werewalking to school


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Today

it isslightly

better


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However we are still desperate formore school buses!!


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Before the St JudesExtreme Makeover


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and no-one will ever know!


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The school spends over $8,000th di l d


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per month on diesel andmaintenance


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Sponsoring aschool busis $350US

per year


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Help toenroll

newlysponsoredchildren


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Help with class activities


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Build classrooms


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Go onsafari


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Read tothe

children


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Just help out

What are we


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What are we

doing in the

future?


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We need help buying cement and bricks

for new classrooms


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Wood for roofing, windows and doors


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..and paint and nails for

everything in between


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Our goal is tohelp more of

thesechildren


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make their dreams a reality


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The building of the new Secondary School

on campus 1started in August 2006


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Site for the new boarding school for schoolcampus 1 is expected to open in 2007


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The recently purchased farm on which weplan to build a whole new 2nd campus on-Primary, Seconday and Boarding for over

1000 students


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So whetherpeople

want to

sponsor achild


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Orsponsor a bus

Orsponsor ateacher


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teacher


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.orsimply make a donation


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Remember that all this started as a dream.


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Imagine the future

Contact Details


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WEBSITE

www.schoolofstjude.co.tz

Gemma Sisia (East Africa)

[email protected]

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