Join us Sunday November 10, 2019 for
Scrabble and Market!!!
Parkminster United Church
275 Erb St. E (just west of the Conestoga Parkway)
Waterloo, ON
1-4:30 p.m.
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 Next OMAS Meeting:
Wed. Nov. 20, 2019
10:10 a.m. to noon
Christ Lutheran Church
445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo
(Lexington at Davenport)

Program: Blair McKay, Chair of the Board for the Kenyan Kids Foundation Canada

ALL WELCOME! 
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OKTOBERFEST WOMEN OF THE YEAR 2019
OMAS SISKONA of KW was  nominated for this award in the Group category.
OMAS did not win but we do congratulate the very deserving group that did - the Muslim Women's Coalition of KW. Bravo!
OMAS would like to thank Dr. Ryan Snider of Socially Responsible Safaris for the nomination and our supporters who wrote very complimentary letters of reference: Dr. Alan Whiteside of CIGI, Asmita Persaud of the Grandmothers Campaign and Glenn Pascoe of One4Another International.

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In 11 years, April 2008 - April 2019
OMAS SISKONA of KW
has raised $686,365.55 
to benefit the grandmothers, women and children of
Sub-Saharan Africa through the
Grandmothers Campaign of the
Stephen Lewis Foundation
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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