Grandmothers of Steel: GRAND AFRICAN CARAVAN - SEPT. 24TH

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

GRAND AFRICAN CARAVAN - SEPT. 24TH - EVENING

Thank You to the First Unitarian Church for their great hospitality and generosity.

Our evening was complemented with our wonderful MC, Linda Rourke from Cable 14.

We welcomed MP David Christopherson, Councillor Brian McHattie, MP Chris Charlton,
MPP Kevin Flynn on CAMR, Canada's Access to Medicines Regime,
SLF's Zahra Mohamed on fundraising initiative Dare to Remember.

Local Grandmothers Groups present were: Grandmothers of Steel, Blooms for Africa, Mabibi Wa Tama, Ubuntu, Bronte, HUGS, Grand River Grannies, Oomama, Nyanyas of Niagara, Grimsby Grandmothers, Grey Grandmothers.

Also present, Jill Richen, a University student from the UK, who is doing her dissertation on the grandmothers movement. She is pictured below with Dorothy Johns.

Our special guests, Regina Mokgokong and Nkulie Nowathe.

Thank you to everyone who helped and participated to make this evening a truly memorable one.

The following photos are from this wonderful evening:

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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