Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Transport
58
Air ExcelA6
Arusha Naaz Rent-a-Car(see 10)
59
Base CampB1
60
Central Bus StationB3
61
Dalla-dalla standA2
62
Ethiopian AirlinesC5
Fly540(see 50)
63
Jamii ShuttleH4
64
Kilimanjaro ExpressB1
65
Makao Mapya bus stationA1
66
Precision AirC5
Rainbow Car Hire(see 67)
67
Rainbow ShuttleB5
68
Riverside ShuttleC3
69
RwandAirC3
70
SkylinkA6
Orientation
Central Arusha is divided by the small Naura River valley. To the west are the bus stations,
the main market and many budget hotels. To the east are most of the airline offices, craft
shops, midrange and upmarket hotels, and other facilities aimed at tourists; many clustered
around Clock Tower roundabout (a 20-minute walk from the central bus stand) where the
two main roads (Sokoine Rd to the west and Old Moshi Rd to the east) meet.
SCHOOL OF ST JUDE
TONY WHEELER
He's the patron saint of hopeless cases, but St Jude would definitely be smiling
at what has been achieved in his name in a school just outside Arusha. To score
a place in Australian Gemma Sisia's pioneering establishment you have to meet
two very different requirements. First you've got to be extremely bright, only
the smartest kids get to even sit the entrance exam and only the best results get a
place, and second you've got to be very poor: and if you do get in, you pretty
much get a free ride all the way through to graduation.
The School of St Jude kicked off in 2002 with three students and one teacher.
Ten years later the school had expanded to three campuses, 350 staff and 1500
students. Has Gemma's plan for 'fighting poverty through education' worked?
It's hard to argue with the results: St Jude students' exam scores are outranked
only by the most expensive Tanzanian private schools. The huge pride that St
