It's Official!!!
Since 2008, OMAS SISKONA has contributed
$807, 259.71
to the Grandmothers Campaign
of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
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OMA'S 2020 Online Scrabble and Market "COVIDLY" raised  
$29,213.00
through donations and market sales.
Thank you to  donors, customers, producers and volunteers!
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NEXT MEETING on ZOOM
Guests welcome! Invite a friend!
WEDNESDAY February 17, 2021
10 A.M. on zoom.us
Yes, we will get together (virtually).
To celebrate Valentine's Day:
CHOCOLATE, CHAT & CHANGE
SPEAKER:  Thelma Hamilton will demonstrate chocolate-making
Remember to collect your "change" and, if you are able, send a cheque payable to OMAS SISKONA of KW to Treasurer Penny Cressman

Christ Lutheran Church
445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo
(near corner of Davenport and Lexington)
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 OMAS' ONLINE MARKET IS OPEN
Keep shopping locally!!!
TO SHOP : hover over the drop-down menu above (ONLINE MARKET) and select a category.
If 2 photos appear on the same line, click on the photo to enlarge.
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 MARKET Highlights
Click on item to enlarge and for details

For descriptions, prices, and purchasing, explore
the ONLINE MARKET drop down menu !!!
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OMAS SISKONA of KW
* OMAS SISKONA = Grandmothers together.

The Stephen Lewis Foundation launched the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign in March 2006, in response to the emerging crisis faced by African grandmothers as they struggled to care for millions of grandchildren orphaned by AIDS. What began with only a few groups of committed Canadian grandmothers has since evolved into a dynamic and responsive movement working to mobilize support in Canada
for Africa's grandmothers.

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 We shall not rest until they can rest

OMAS SISKONA* of KW is one of 240+ grandmothers groups in Canada and around the world partnering with their African sisters to "turn the tide" of the AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Since our launch in 2008, OMAS has raised over $686,365.55 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation which in turn partners with community-based organizations to provide care and support to women, orphaned children, grandmothers and people living with HIV and AIDS.

With about 130 members and many "friends", OMAS meet monthly to plan fundraising events, educate ourselves through invited speakers and DVD presentations, make presentations ourselves on SLF projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, speak to local community and church groups, and advocate for our African sisters.  But mostly we enjoy a wonderful solidarity with each other and with our African sisters by working together and having FUN!!! 

OMAS SISKONA of KW September 2016

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Grandmothers Campaign

Stephen Lewis Foundation

Grandmothers Celebrate and Rededicate