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News articles of interest to VG4A members

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  • Sunday Dec 13, 2015    The Star 
      South African Woman Fights for Right to HIV Treatment

Vuyiseka Dubula was diagnosed with HIV at 22 and told she would die. She joined the Treatment Action Committee and fought for her right for antiretroviral treatment in South Africa. She is seen here with former UN special envoy on AIDS Stephen Lewis.


  • Sunday November 29, 2015      The Sunday Edition       CBC Radio One
      African women are on the frontlines of the fight against HIV/AIDS
  • Watch these African experts discuss the resilience of African women in the face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
         The ASK HER Talks:

ILANA LANDSBERG-LEWIS
Executive Director and Co-Founder,  Stephen Lewis Foundation

Canadians have rallied powerfully to respond to the human calamity of HIV and AIDS in Africa.
The innovation is in the palpable shift to giving as an act of solidarity – not charity – to strengthen the efforts of community-based organizations at the frontlines of the AIDS pandemic.
We have worked to move away from seeing people as victims or beneficiaries – the grandmothers and orphaned children in their care, and people living with HIV are then recognized as experts on what it takes to beat back the ravages of AIDS. It’s a long struggle to rebuild fractured communities and families, and claim human rights to food and income security, land, access to education and health care.
Solidarity in this struggle is transforming the landscape of philanthropy because Canadians have become a powerful community of supporters who are in it for the long haul.  There is no gimmick, no PR campaign – just the recognition by Canadians that the grassroots response to AIDS is in full swing, and that with our solidarity – that steady flow of resources – they will prevail.

  • Stephen Lewis and Ilana Landsberg-Lewis thank members of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign for their tireless efforts over the last decade.
Celebrating 10 Years of Solidarity with African Grandmothers
BC Grandmothers Reflection and Renewal Conference
March 2016
  • Grandmothers and project leaders in Africa celebrate their work over the last ten years, and the dedicated grandmothers in Canada who work in solidarity with them.​
Grandmothers to Grandmothers:  Celebrate and Rededicate
  • Canada increases commitment to the Global Fund, pledging $758 million over three years -- CBC May 9, 2016.
Canada steps up to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
  • UN Declaration on the state of HIV/AIDS worldwide  June 2016
Political Declaration HIV/AIDS 2016
News from the 2016 Grandmothers Gathering in Durban, South Africa

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Ida Nambeya Mukuku, SLF Field Representative, talks to teens about holistic support services around AIDS in Zambia

Toronto Star, 2016 11 30
Drugs not enough to fight Global HIV/AIDS Crisis
  • Ilana Landsberg Lewis speaks of the urgent need to support the community  based organizations that provide holistic services to deal with the whole spectrum of issues created by the AIDS pandemic

CTV,  Lisa LaFlamme 2016 12 01
Stephen Lewis speaks to Lisa LaFlamme on World AIDS Day
     5 Things We Learned

CTV interviews Canadian grandmother Joanna White 2016 12 01
Granny Flash Mobs break out across Canada
  • two news clips from CTV -- both clips follow a short advertisement
Senior Living magazine promotes the 2017 Cycle Tours 
The Cycle Continues:  VG4A Grannies Ride Again
Facebook, Stephen Lewis Foundation, October 11, 2017
Toronto Book Launch 
Grandmothers Tell Gripping Stories of AIDS in Africa
​Radio Canada International, October 19 2017
CBC Radio's The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti promotes the Book Launch for Powered by Love. October 23, 2017
Grandmothers in Africa Fight for an AIDS-free Future
Transcript of above interview
Focus on Victoria Calendar of Events, November 1, 2017 
Notice of Book Launches
CBC Newfoundland's Here and Now interviews Ida Mukuka, Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, and Jennifer Whitfield, Terra Nova Grandmothers. November 17, 2017
SCRABBLE tournament in Newfoundland raises funds for SLF
Tanzanian Grandmothers Statement
Cycling for Strength and Solidarity with African Grandmothers -- Is It for You?
Senior Living, April 5, 2018
​Laurie Wilson ponders growing old, staying strong, and learning to care about the rest of the world
Gratitude for Grandmas
Senior Living, May 6, 2018
Laurie Wilson reflects on women who have influenced her, including her mother and VG4A's cycling group 

Grandmothers on the Move Podcast
Ilana Landsberg Lewis
The podcast that kicks old stereotypes to the curb, and introduces creative, activist, irreverent and powerful Grandmothers making vital contributions.
​May 6, 2018
Episode 1: There Is Optimism In Survival - an Interview with my indomitable mother, Michele Landsberg! 
There is Grandeur in Grandmothers
Hamilton Spectator, May 14, 2018
Gail Rappolt talks with Jeff Mahoney at the Hamilton Spectator about her trip to Tanzania, in which Elizabeth Sebesta of VG4A also participated.

Model Grandmas
Island Grandparent, Summer 2018
Laurie Wilson muses about the example that grandmothers set for their grandchildren to observe and follow
Meet Thandi Ngushelo from GAPA, South Africa
Interview with a member of GAPA, Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS, near Cape Town
Through Her Eyes: News 24, Western Cape, August 1, 2018
Island Women Cycling 275 km to fight AIDS in Africa
Ladysmith Chronicle, August 29, 2018
​Pat Johnstone and Mary Lou Mahoney talk about their reasons for doing the ride
Grandmothers Celebrate Another Cycle Tour
Times Colonist, August 26, 2018, by Pedro Arrais
Powered by a Grandmother's Love
by Laurie Wilson
Seaside Magazine, September 2018, p.64
Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola​ is on the Board of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.  Listen as she talks of her life as a South African young woman learning she was HIV positive, and her journey from depression to activism inspired by SLF's Treatment Action Campaign.  
For an Already Struggling Continent, COVID 19 is Apt to Wreak Havoc in Africa 
​by Robert Rotberg
Globe and Mail, April 2, 2020.
World will survive COVID-19 only if 'swift action' taken to help Africa, UN humanitarian says​
Matt Galloway interviews Stephen Lewis
CBC Radio, The Current.  March 25, 2020
Idah Mukuka Nambeya on Covid 19 in Zambia
Elizabeth Sebesta: Greater Victoria and African grandmothers celebrate solidarity with a virtual concert: 
Saanich News, April 13, 2021
Grandmothers Doing it for Themselves​: Canadian Bubbies Hold a Virtual Benefit Concert
Globe and Mail, April 14, 2021, Brad Wheeler
How My World Expanded with the Grandmother Riders
Linda Mills becomes a cyclist in her 70's
​Boulevard Life, July/August 2021, p. 118
Vancouver Island grandmothers ride virtually for their peers in Africa
​Saanich News, August 13, 2021, C. Vanreeuwyk