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How to Join or Start a Granny Group |
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Grandmother groups are at the heart of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. When the Campaign was launched in March 2006, there were already six groups of grandmothers across Canada who had chosen to support African grandmothers through the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Today, there are some 220 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.
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