It's  official!!!
Since 2008, OMAS  SISKONA of KW
has contributed $807, 259.71
to the Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
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NEXT MEETING on ZOOM
Guests welcome! Invite a friend!
WEDNESDAY March 17, 2021
10 A.M. on zoom.us (site opens at 9:30 a.m.)
Yes, we will get together (virtually).

TOPIC: The SLF and its Partners
We will explore the SLF web site "Areas of Work" https://stephenlewisfoundation.org/areas-of-work/
to better understand how the SLF partners with  grass roots organizations in the the 15 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Facilitators: Hilary Walsh, Pat Aplevich & Pat Ballantyne

REMINDER: There is still time to collect your "change" and, if you are able, send a cheque payable to OMAS SISKONA of KW to Treasurer Penny Cressman
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OMAS Spring MARKET is now open
For more Market items, click on the ONLINE MARKET drop down menu above!
If 2 or more photos are side-by-side, click on photo to enlarge.
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 NEW ***
 Handmade EASTER Cards
 by Maureen Crawford 
 Mixed packs of 3 cards for $6
 
  To purchase, please contact Emily at   ejhunsberger@sympatico.ca or
 519-884-5711

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WE DID IT!!!
OMA'S 2020 Online "Scrabble and Market COVIDLY" raised $29,254.93 through donations and market sales. 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