Our Christmas CSR Initiative

Monday December 19th, 2011

For those who aren't familiar with the story behind The School of St Judes, here's a brief recap.

In 2002 a young Aussie girl, Gemma Rice went to Africa and opened a small school in Tanzania. Today that small school has expanded to include two different campuses and hundreds of students. Hers and the school's belief is that they are "educating the future leaders of Tanzania". Gemma Rice is now Gemma Sisia. She is married with a family and calls Tanzania home.

The School of St Judes relies entirely on sponsorship to stay afloat and to that end the Careerlink team is dedicated to our ongoing sponsorship of one of the school's boarding rooms. Each year we continue our support of St Jude's Boarding Room Chui A and each year the students graduate and the students within that boarding room change. This means we are able to touch the lives and impact the future education of another 8 Tanzanian students each and every year.

St Judes will provide us with the names of our new students in the coming weeks so we will keep everyone posted when we find out ourselves. We like to think of these children as new members of the Careerlink family so knowing their names and seeing their photographs is of paramount importance to us. We often receive a thankyou note from the students themselves so we look forward to that as well.

If you would like to get involved in The School of St Judes fundraising efforts, there are plenty of ways to do so. A new initiative for the school this year is their eCards program. What this means for you is that you can send an eCard, donate to a worthy cause, raise awareness and remember your loved ones all in one hit. We urge you to visit the school's website http://www.schoolofstjude.org, have a good look around and find out just how you can make a difference.