A message from Stephen Lewis
for World AIDS Day, December 1, 2018
"It's difficult, especially in a postcard, to combine outrage with hope. But let me try.
Outrage is straightforward: the ruinous malice of Trumpian financial cut-backs to global public health are causing devastation in Africa for all those requiring prevention, treatment and care in the world of HIV & AIDS.
Hope is tougher: but hope surely lies in the stunning work of community-based organizations, improving the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of grandmothers, young women, and children.
Hope also lies in the hearts of all of you who, on this World AIDS Day, stand for decency and humanity."
Outrage is straightforward: the ruinous malice of Trumpian financial cut-backs to global public health are causing devastation in Africa for all those requiring prevention, treatment and care in the world of HIV & AIDS.
Hope is tougher: but hope surely lies in the stunning work of community-based organizations, improving the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of grandmothers, young women, and children.
Hope also lies in the hearts of all of you who, on this World AIDS Day, stand for decency and humanity."
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 coordinator
Marianne Bartram, marianneanddavid@shaw.ca
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 coordinator
Marianne Bartram, marianneanddavid@shaw.ca
Our Sales and Crafts team got in the Christmas spirit with sales in retirement homes and at the annual VIDEA Fair Trade Fair on November 24th.
Thank you, Victoria, for making our sales so successful!
Pictured are crafters Judy, Joan and Grace, and shoppers Judith and Inanna
FLASH MOB 2018
Mayfair Shoppers were surprised by a Granny Flash Mob on Sunday November 18 as VG4A members danced to show the Power of Love in combatting AIDS
Watch the Victoria video here
Watch the National video here
(more photos here)
Cycle Tours 2018 -- a phenomenal success!
Riders at the end of the 50 km and 275 km tours gather with Mayor Helps on the Johnson St. Bridge
Photo Credit - Dennis Robinson
Photo Credit - Dennis Robinson
Welcome Home Celebration, Sept. 9, 2018
Click to see the slideshow below
Photo Credit - Dennis Robinson
Sales & Crafts and Education were in Market Sq. Aug 18 for Global Village's 30th anniversary
A new product we sell, a reusable shopping bag, does away with plastic
A new product we sell, a reusable shopping bag, does away with plastic
Summer Social 2018
at the lovely home of Anne Anderson (below right)
-- time to celebrate and socialise!
Check out the blog for more photos from Rose Mary and Daphne
We made it!
2018 Virtual Stride Walk
February 14 until April 22, 2018
For more information, check out our EVENT page here
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April 22, 2018 marked the end of the Virtual Stride Walk. We covered 20,600 km as we walked from Gaborone, Botswana, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and back again. Today we celebrated our achievement and remembered the African grandmothers who walk each day as they carry water or go to market or cultivate the fields or do all the myriad jobs that fill their lives as they care for orphaned grandchildren. We salute you! |
Shopping for Christmas? Consider purchasing this prize winning book
2018 Best Atlantic Published Book Award!
“If you’re looking for a book that renews your faith in humanity, this is it.”
— Atlantic Books Today
Winners of the Atlantic Book Awards were announced on Thursday, May 10, at a gala held at the Halifax Central Library in Nova Scotia. In recognition for its excellence in publishing, from concept and editorial through to book sales, Powered by Love: A Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa won the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association’s 2018 Best Atlantic Published Book Award!
We are thrilled that the new book about the Grandmothers' Movement "Powered by Love" reached #1 on CBC's Canadian Best Seller list for non-fiction in November 2017
The discussion at UVic on Nov 6, 2017 moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Vibert was "a triumph" "excellent" "so moving".
Two very successful book launches were also held, one in Sidney and one in Victoria.
Watch a video about the book here
Download a book club guide here
“If you’re looking for a book that renews your faith in humanity, this is it.”
— Atlantic Books Today
Winners of the Atlantic Book Awards were announced on Thursday, May 10, at a gala held at the Halifax Central Library in Nova Scotia. In recognition for its excellence in publishing, from concept and editorial through to book sales, Powered by Love: A Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa won the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association’s 2018 Best Atlantic Published Book Award!
We are thrilled that the new book about the Grandmothers' Movement "Powered by Love" reached #1 on CBC's Canadian Best Seller list for non-fiction in November 2017
The discussion at UVic on Nov 6, 2017 moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Vibert was "a triumph" "excellent" "so moving".
Two very successful book launches were also held, one in Sidney and one in Victoria.
Watch a video about the book here
Download a book club guide here
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Idah Mukuka engages an audience at UVic as she tells a story from Powered by Love
“This is where the heart of feminism beats for me.” — Annie Lennox |
