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OMAS SISKONA of KW
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OMAS SISKONA
of Kitchener-Waterloo
We support the Grandmothers Campaign
of the Stephen Lewis Foundation
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Next Meeting of OMAS SISKONA of KW
Wednesday APRIL 19, 2023
​Location: Christ Lutheran Church
445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo (near corner of Davenport and Lexington)

Time: 10 a.m. - noon
Program: TBA



Please join us and feel free to forward this invitation to your friends! The meeting will begin with refreshments (please bring your own coffee) at 10:00.  OMAS SISKONA meetings are mask-friendly.

FUTURE MEETINGS
Wednesday May 17, 2023:
Unconfirmed Speaker - Sya VanGeest, a member of the Guelph GoGo Grandmothers, will discuss current membership issues regarding the Grandmother's Campaign. DIRR = Diversity Inclusiveness Recruitment and Retention

Wednesday June 21: TBA

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All proceeds support the work of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Together we will make a difference in the lives of grandmothers, women and youth, those living with HIV and AIDS, and LGBTQ communities across sub-Saharan Africa.
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OMAS held a successful Easter Market on March 15th

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Be part of the solution to #UprootInequity
to cut the AIDS pandemic off at its roots.


Click on the web site below to meet powerful women who are proving that there’s more to the AIDS pandemic than meets the eye.
When HIV intersects with poverty, gender-based violence, and stigma, women and girls are disproportionately affected – yet they have held their communities together throughout this deadly pandemic. Read the stories of women who are working towards a future free from AIDS and learn more about how you can #UprootInequity to further their vital advocacy this International Women’s Day.

https://stephenlewisfoundation.org/iwd2022/
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https://www.omas-siskonakw.org/card-sale.html
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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.

 We shall not rest until they can rest
OMAS SISKONA* of KW is one of 160 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 $877,927 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 120 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 sisters in Africa.  But mostly we enjoy a wonderful solidarity with each other and with our  sisters in Africa by working together and having FUN!!! 
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OMAS SISKONA of KW September 2016

Grandmothers Campaign

Stephen Lewis Foundation

Grandmothers Celebrate and Rededicate