
- Raised So Far
- $21,409.50
- Help us raise vital funds
Laura Enever
I am going to give up something a little different this Feb Free because I think too often we can get caught up in the glamorous life where material belongings matter too much. I think we forget that some girls out there don't even have access to the clothing, jewellery, bags and heels that we have. Everyone is beautiful and should feel the same without wearing the glamorous things too. This Feb Free I'm giving up heels.
The School of St Jude (Global Development Group - J582)
The School of St Jude is a Global Development Group (GDG) supported aid and development project (J582) based in Arusha, Tanzania, Africa. The School of St Jude commenced in 2002 with just one teacher, three students and a bold vision to educate the future leaders of Tanzania. Today, on a day to day basis, St Jude's continues to positively impact the lives of almost 1600 students, 400 Tanzanian teachers and staff and the wider Tanzanian community.
St Jude's offers a free, high quality education to children from the poorest of the poor families in the area. Without St Jude's these children would struggle to escape the spiral of poverty into which they were born. The vision of the project is to be an exemplary, modern and self-sustainable institution that effects a paradigm shift on the educational system in Tanzania by enabling Tanzanians to run successful and moral schools, thereby alleviating poverty and breaking the cycle of dependency on external aid. We celebrate the thousands of people who have caught the vision and demonstrated their care and compassion by sharing their time, their talents and their funds to help bring St Judes this far. Together, our St Jude's family will continue to make a difference.