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Issue 00526 |
July 12 - 18, 2008 |
issn 0856 - 9135 |
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An international celebration for the school of St Jude at Usa River By Alison Hunter The ribbon has been cut and the School of St Jude’s Usa River campus is officially open! With the new school hall full and Mount Kilimanjaro in the background, the Tanzanian Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Professor Jumanne Maghembe officially opened the school on Tuesday morning. Many guests from Tanzania and around the world converged on the Usa River campus to help the students and staff of St Jude to celebrate the momentous opening of the school’s second campus. The Australian High Commissioner to Tanzania, Lisa Filipetto, the US Ambassador to Tanzania Mark Green and a large tour group from Australia joined in on the fun singing along to their national anthems and enjoying a range of traditional and English-speaking performances by the students. The Regional Commissioner Isidore Leka Shirima and the District Commissioner Elias Wawa Lali also took place in the ceremony. Gemma Sisia, founder and director of the School of St Jude gave thanks to the thousands of people around the world who donate, support and have faith in the school and provide a quality free education to nearly 1000 primary students. “I look forward to seeing our students here today develop over the coming years into mature, ethical and quick thinking adults,” Sisia told the audience. Arnold Nahumu and Mercy
Wilbert, the head boy and girl of the Usa River campus told the audience that
all the students at St Jude’s look at the future with hope. “We are the future
of our country,” Nahumu said, “we are the leaders of tomorrow who will make sure
we have a country where everyone receives a good education and learns that hard
work and caring about others is what makes our country grow strong.” Maghembe also exclaimed his admiration for the school by saying he is “pleased to see the School of St Jude’s involvement with the local people and villages. A school can only be successful when it becomes part of the community.” The School of St Jude continues to go from strength to strength with plans to start their first secondary school at the original campus at Moshono in 2009. By 2010, the secondary school will also be in operation at the Usa River campus. The School of St Jude is a sponsorship-supported English Medium School. It aims to fight poverty through its free education to children from some of the lowest socio-economic backgrounds in the Arusha district. The school also boasts two boarding campuses and nearly 1000 students from Prep to Standard 7. For more details
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