The School That Hope Built

Name: The School That Hope Built
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781760878320
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The inspirational Australian woman using education to fight poverty in Africa

By Madeleine Kelly and Gemma Sisia

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The School That Hope Built by Madeleine Kelly and Gemma Sisia details the inspirational journey of an Australian woman, Gemma Sisia, who founds a school in Tanzania. Driven by a dream to provide quality education where it's desperately needed, she faces numerous challenges and triumphs, sharing a profound story of resilience, community involvement, and the transformative power of education.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by inspiring stories of resilience and change, as it chronicles the creation of a school against challenging odds. It's a compelling memoir that captures the journey of building hope and opportunity where it was once scarce, blending personal anecdotes with broader themes of education and empowerment.

An extraordinary account of Gemma Sisia's twenty years as the founder of St Jude's, a school that is changing the lives of some of the poorest children in Tanzania.

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From a country town in Australia to a small village in Tanzania, Gemma Sisia has built a truly remarkable legacy.

In 2002, Gemma founded The School of St Jude in her husband's home country of Tanzania, with the goal of empowering local Tanzanians to build a school community unlike any other.

From humble beginnings, with just three students and one volunteer teacher, St Jude's now provides free education to over 1,800 Tanzanian school students and supplies more than 10,000 government school students with volunteer teachers each year. St Jude's also supports its alumni to become the doctors, engineers, tradespeople, entrepreneurs, and teachers of the next generation.

Sharing the incredible twenty-year journey from an Australian girl's simple vision to an educational powerhouse with 350 local staff, The School That Hope Built reveals how St Jude's is breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty one student at a time.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760878320

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 May 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 406g

Pages: 336

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Biography & Memoir Education & Reference Gemma Sisia Madeleine Kelly Non-Fiction

About the Author

Madeleine Kelly was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1994. In her high school years, Madeleine travelled to Argentina and to Pipalyatjara, a remote community in the APY Lands. These experiences nurtured Madeleine's love for writing about cultural immersion and connection. Madeleine graduated from The University of Adelaide in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and moved to Tanzania to work at The School of St Jude, where she spent the next five years supporting the school's communications and alumni teams. In 2021, Madeleine was invited to research and write the second stage of the school's remarkable story of growth as the vision of its founder, Gemma Sisia, and her dedicated supporters to fight poverty through education. provides hope for thousands of Tanzanian children and their families. A School in Africa is Madeleine's first book. Her work in Tanzania for now complete, Madeleine returned to Australia in 2022.