To our much-loved and esteemed mentor Stephen Lewis,
   OMAS SISKONA of KW sends support and solidarity
for the struggle that lies ahead.

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NEXT OMAS MEETING at Waterloo Park Pavilion
Join us for "SNOWMAS"
Yes, we will meet together in 3D
WEDNESDAY December 15, 2021
Meeting begins at 11 a.m. Please arrive about 10:45
PROGRAM: An informal get-together after many months apart.
Bring your own hot drink, chair, blanket, a donation for the FOOD Bank ($$ or a non-perishable food item)
COOKIE POTLUCK: If you wish, bring cookies (bought or home-made). Please put 6 cookies in small plastic bags to exchange, share or eat with your hot drink.
Directions: Enter the park from Westmount Rd between Father David Bauer Drive (the Shell Station) and University Ave.
Parking is available along the entrance road and in a lot further down from the pavilion. Washrooms are NOT available. Guests welcome! Invite a friend!

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ARTIST-INSPIRED CARDS - Now available
https://www.omas-siskonakw.org/art-cards.html

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"SCRAMBLE"
OMAS SISKONA's FALL ONLINE MARKET has closed except for the Gift Baskets that are still open.


Thank you to all who shopped, ordered baking, visited Marnie's Garage, Penny's gift baskets and Emily's Shop.

The tally so far for our SCRAMBLE fundraising and Online Market efforts is about $12,000 in donations and $6,000 from the market.

If there is anything you remember from the market site that you might
like to see again, let me know and I will put you in touch with the producer.
Contact Pat at paplevic@bell.net

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Here is where you can access and watch a full recording of the celebration
Hand in Hand                                                                                       

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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 $826,000 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 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