Grandmothers of Steel: Award Presentation Announced by City of Hamilton Mundialization Committee

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Award Presentation Announced by City of Hamilton Mundialization Committee

April 3,2008, Fourteen Women from Grandmothers of Steel met at the Hamilton Art Gallery for the press announcement of our World Citizenship Award by the City of Hamilton Mundialization Committee. Rein Ende, Mundialization Committe Chair made the formal announcement, Anne Philpot spoke on behalf of the Grandmothers acknowledging the honour. Special guests from The Stephen Lewis Foundation included, Janet Solberg, Community Events Liaison and Julie Coultas, Grandmothers Campaign Coordinator.

All together, 30 of us enjoyed a wonderful lunch, surrounded by beautiful art. We are all looking fwd to the big event, May 8th at Carmen's when the award is presented and especially to our special guest speaker, Stephen Lewis

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Who We Are, What We Do:

The Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign seeks to raise awareness and mobilize support in Canada for Africa’s grandmothers who are raising their orphaned grandchildren. www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/grandmothers.htm
http://www.grandmotherscampaign.org/

The Campaign was launched by the Stephen Lewis Foundation on March 7, 2006. Since the launch, more than 150 groups of Canadian grandmothers have taken up the call to action and together have raised over $1 million for the campaign. SLF directs these funds to community-level organizations in 14
Sub-Saharan African countries that provide grandmothers with much needed support, such as food, housing grants, school fees for their grandchildren and grief counselling.

We are open to ALL women: we are students, married, single, aunts, mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
The Stephen Lewis Foundation serves as a vehicle to send funds to grassroots projects that support grandmothers and their grandchildren.

GOALS OF THE GRANDMOTHERS TO GRANDMOTHERS CAMPAIGN:
Encourage awareness in Canada about Africa’s grandmothers and their struggle to secure a hopeful future for children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.

Build solidarity among African and Canadian grandmothers and their friends in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Support actively groups of grandmothers in Africa who are dealing with the painful loss of their own children and struggling to care for AIDS orphans.

Provide funds to grandmothers with assistance through food, support for school attendance, income-generating projects, counseling and social support.

Fundraising – Prints and Beautiful cards featuring original artwork by Theresa Randles are available for purchase. http://www.art-in-canada.com/theresarandles