Thank you to our many donors who helped us raise over $1 million since 2006
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Victoria Grandmothers for Africa is one of over 250 Canadian groups working to raise funds and awareness for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. This Campaign supports the work of African grandmothers caring for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
Since Victoria Grandmothers for Africa is a large group, we encourage members to join a working group that interests them. These smaller groups enable members to get to know one another and make friends while engaging in the important work of the Grandmothers Campaign.
For more information, please contact the 2019 coordinator
Lisbie Rae
lisbie123@gmail.com
Since Victoria Grandmothers for Africa is a large group, we encourage members to join a working group that interests them. These smaller groups enable members to get to know one another and make friends while engaging in the important work of the Grandmothers Campaign.
For more information, please contact the 2019 coordinator
Lisbie Rae
lisbie123@gmail.com
The Farmers Are Coming!
The Thinking Garden
Click above for full details
Q&A with 2 African women featured in film
Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, Fort and Lee
August 29, 6:30 p.m.
Hosted by Victoria Grandmothers for Africa and Movie Monday
The Thinking Garden
Click above for full details
Q&A with 2 African women featured in film
Eric Martin Pavilion Theatre, Fort and Lee
August 29, 6:30 p.m.
Hosted by Victoria Grandmothers for Africa and Movie Monday
This is a film about resilience – three generations of older women in a village in South Africa who came together in the dying days of apartheid to create a community garden. In the midst of severe drought and political turmoil, older women with limited access to land and little political voice joined together, beyond the household, beyond their kin, to make something new. 35min 2017 Pg
Mphephu, Josephine, and Basani will be in Victoria for research meetings - and will attend this film screening followed by Q&A
“A lovely film, rich with song and thought. Weaving the story of the garden with the bigger picture … renders the triumph of the women all the more important.” — Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved
“Speaks to the essence and significance of Food Sovereign communities.” —Bellise Omondi, Food Sovereignty Campaign, South Africa
Mphephu, Josephine, and Basani will be in Victoria for research meetings - and will attend this film screening followed by Q&A
“A lovely film, rich with song and thought. Weaving the story of the garden with the bigger picture … renders the triumph of the women all the more important.” — Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved
“Speaks to the essence and significance of Food Sovereign communities.” —Bellise Omondi, Food Sovereignty Campaign, South Africa
2019 Cycle Tours
1. 275 km. Campbell River to Victoria Tour, September 6-8
2. 50 km. Peninsula Tour September 8
Welcome the cyclists home at 2:30 p.m. Sep. 8, Centennial Square, Victoria
1. 275 km. Campbell River to Victoria Tour, September 6-8
2. 50 km. Peninsula Tour September 8
Welcome the cyclists home at 2:30 p.m. Sep. 8, Centennial Square, Victoria
Cyclists training for the 50 km tour Cyclists training for the 275 km tour
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News Flash!! August 9, 2019
Congratulations to five feisty Victoria Grandmothers, so keen to take part in our 50 km Cycle Tour they did it a month early rather than miss the chance to participate. Lead on, Colleen Coccola, Caryl Buchanan, Brenda Boyd, Kathleen Fraser, and (not in photo) Betty-Joan Traverse. 
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