8com goes Feb Free for Tanzanian students
For the month of February the staff at top Sydney TVC production company, 8com and friends are giving up some of their worst vices to help raise money for some underprivileged students in Tanzania.The School of St Jude was set up in 2002 by Gemma Sisia (pictured with students), from a sheep farm in Australia, with the help of her family, friends and local Rotary Club. What started with only a handful of children and one teacher is now in 2010 a thriving school of almost 1300 children and 350 staff.
The School of St. Jude is a sponsorship-supported English Medium School
in Tanzania, that primarily serves orphaned and vulnerable children
from the lowest socio-economic backgrounds. Over 90% of the children at
the school receive a totally free education, as local and international
sponsors individually cover the costs of not only the educational fees,
but also the uniform, stationery, transport, hot meals, snacks and
drinks of each child. What makes this school even more special is the
fact that this success comes about due to the group effort of thousands
of ordinary people from all over the world coming together to do
something quite extraordinary.Every day staff and students work hard to fulfill the school's philosophy of "Fighting Poverty through Education" helping their students break the cycle of poverty that has gripped their families for generations.
This is 8com's first year doing Feb Free and their target is to raise $15,000 in its inaugural year for the school. Ideally they are hoping next year to get a lot more of the advertising industry involved and raise even more money.
Please make a donation and support the children of St Jude, by going to the Feb Free website and sponsoring one of the team. Any donation, no matter how small will make a difference and be greatly appreciated.
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a great cause. good on you guys.