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Gemma Sisia (born Gemma Rice; [1] born 3 November 1971 [2]) is an Australian humanitarian. She established the School of St Jude in Tanzania in 2002, [3] which "provides free, high-quality education to over 1,800 of the poorest Tanzanian children while boarding more than 1,400 students." [4]
Danny Thomas (born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz; January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an American actor, singer, nightclub comedian, producer, and philanthropist. He created and starred in The Danny Thomas Show. In addition to guest roles on many of the comedy, talk, and musical variety programs of his time, his legacy includes a lifelong ...
In 2022, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was named the second best children's cancer hospital in the U.S by U.S. News & World Report. [35] Peter C. Doherty, Ph.D., of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work related to how the immune system kills virus-infected cells ...
Grey, gloomy and ruled by the sadistic Brother John , the school prefers punishment to rehabilitation. But new lay teacher William Franklin (Aidan Quinn), fresh from the frontline of the Spanish Civil War, fights to liberate the boys from their oppressors. Patrick Delaney 743 (Chris Newman) arrives at the school aged 13 and a half. He, like all ...
Margaret Julia "Marlo" Thomas (born November 21, 1937 [1]) is an American actress, producer, author, and social activist. She is best known for starring on the sitcom That Girl (1966–1971) and her children's franchise Free to Be... You and Me. She received three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Peabody ...
Cure4Kids. Cure4Kids is a web-based education project of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Its goal is to help health professionals in countries with limited resources improve the survival rates of children with life-threatening illnesses, including pediatric cancer, sickle cell disease, and HIV/AIDS. The Cure4Kids website provides access ...
The latter was spearheading the foundation and construction of a children's research hospital, called after St Jude, the patron of the hopeless, to be based in Memphis, Tennessee. Pinkel visited the budding project in 1961, and decided to become a founding member, taking a significant pay reduction to make the move. [7]
The school was founded in 2002 by Australian Gemma Sisia. She named the school after St Jude, the patron saint of hopeless causes. [2] The school provides free education to over 1,800 girls and boys from the poorest families in the area. It is 100% charity-funded [3] and receives no government assistance from Tanzania or Australia.