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UPCOMING EVENT: GIANT BOOK SALE 
June 8. 9am to 3pm. Wembley Mall, Parksville. 


 
 
 
 


Current activities

At any time, we have several committees in action, working on continuing projects or planning special events. All of our activities take the goal of raising awareness and funds: we work in solidarity with grandmothers in subSaharan Africa who are raising their grandchildren, orphaned by the AIDS pandemic.  All funds go to grassroots projects through the Stephen Lewis Foundation.  

See events currently in planning

Next meeting

Tuesday, May 21, 2013. 9:30. special meeting to discuss how our group works, and where we would like to go in the future. Bring a bag lunch.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013. next regular meeting

Knox United Church Hall, 345 Pym Road, Parksville.  Social time starts at 9:30am, with the meeting starting by 10am.  

meeting times for the year

Donation achieved so far

Since our founding in 2006, our group has contributed over $223,000 to grassroots projects in subSaharan Africa. 90% of the funds go directly to projects through the Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




Grandmothers Campaign		 turning the tide of AIDS in Africa,
grandmothers in support of grandmothers

"As grandmothers from Africa and Canada, we [are] drawn together by our similarities:
our deep love and undying devotion to our children and grandchildren;
our profound concern about the havoc that HIV/AIS has inflicted on the continent of Africa, and in particular its women and its children;
and our understanding that we have within us everything needed to surmount seemingly insurmountable obstacles."

-- excerpt from Grandmothers Campaign founding statement, August 2006

"No one rests until we all can rest."