NEXT OMAS MEETING on ZOOM
Guests welcome! Invite a friend!
WEDNESDAY April 21, 2021
10 A.M. on zoom.us (site opens at 9:30 a.m.)
Yes, we will gather virtually.

PROGRAM: 
Ann will present an OMAS moment. She will read a poem written by her mother, Thea Parker.Thea wrote the first verse in 2008 and added 3 additional verses in 2011.
 
Emily will present the SLF moment.This is a summary of the Zoom Canada-wide campaign meeting.
 
Hilary spoke at a Resilience Conference in March.She will present a summary of this conference.
 
Deb, Laura, Connie and Marg W. will present information about the Mothers 2 Mothers project in Lesotho.The group researched this project at the March meeting.

Wednesday May 19, 2021
10 A.M. on zoom.us (site opens at 9:30 a.m.)
Yes, we will gather virtually.
PROGRAM:
1. AGM  Reports
2. Video “Youth Championing Youth”.

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OMAS Online Market is closed until Fall 2021.
Tune in then for wonderful new creations by our members.
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WE DID IT!!!
OMAS 2021 Online Spring and Easter Market  raised about $1800.00
Thank you to  donors, customers,
producers and volunteers!
"We may be shut in but we are not shut out!!!"
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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 $807, 259.71 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