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About the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign |
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The Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign
seeks to build solidarity, raise awareness and mobilize support in
Canada for Africa's grandmothers. The campaign was launched on March 7,
2006, on the eve of International Women's Day.
Since the launch, some 240 groups of Canadian grandmothers have taken up
the call to action. To date, the Campaign has raised more than $12
million for African grandmothers and the children in their care. SLF has
directed these funds to community-level organizations in 15 sub-Saharan
African countries that provide grandmothers with much needed support,
such as food, housing grants, school fees for their grandchildren and
grief counselling.
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Grandmothers Campaign Pledge Pages |
 Click here to create a customized, secure web page for your or your group's event and to collect online donations (for your dinner party, bikathon etc).
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Grandmothers' groups are at the heart of the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. The Campaign was launched in March 2006 with the aim of raising awareness, building solidarity and mobilizing support in Canada for African grandmothers and the orphaned children in their care. Today, there are 240 grandmother groups, with many more in the process of forming!
There is no fixed format for groups — each varies in size and scope, although they all provide a forum for grandmothers (and their friends, partners and grandmothers-in-waiting) to share ideas, raise awareness, fundraise, advocate and act as ambassadors for their African counterparts. In larger urban centres such as Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa/Gatineau, area groups have formed regional networks in order to collaborate and support the each others' activities.
To learn more or to get involved, please contact campaign@stephenlewisfoundation.org or call 1-888-203-9990 ext.230. |
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