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
Cycle Tours almost ready to roll....
275 km tour from Campbell River to Victoria - Sept 7 - 9
50 km tour on the Saanich Peninsula - Sept 9
275 km tour from Campbell River to Victoria - Sept 7 - 9
50 km tour on the Saanich Peninsula - Sept 9
Tours join together for lunch in Brentwood before cycling into Victoria for our Cycle Tours Welcome Home Celebration, this year to be held at Centennial Square (adjacent to the Victoria City Hall). Celebration begins at 2:15 with music and singing by the Gettin' Higher Choir. Riders arrive, led by Mayor Lisa Helps, at 3:00 pm.
Our 50 km Riders arriving led by Mayor Helps in 2017 - Photo Credit - Dennis Robinson
Check out Laurie Wilson's article in Senior Living here. She talks about cycling, aging, and learning to care about the wider world. Click on one of the buttons below to make a donation.
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! |
Highlights of 2017
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 |
SALES AND CRAFTS
Below, Dale, Marilyn, Barbara and Ruth work at Videa, while Bonnie and Linda work coat check at Out of Hand.
Below, Dale, Marilyn, Barbara and Ruth work at Videa, while Bonnie and Linda work coat check at Out of Hand.
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**NEW ITEMS FOR SALE**
click below to see new sales and crafts products 
Below members of the Sales and Crafts group meet to prepare for the year end Christmas Events
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Ida Mukuka and cyclist Sue Taylor from Merville with her grandchildren; 2017 Cycle Tour Welcome Home.
More photos of the 2017 riders and the Welcome Home are available under the PHOTOS tab. TV and radio coverage is under the MEDIA tab above. 
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