May 4, 2019 "OFF THE WALL" ART SALE
was a great success!
Thank you to our sponsors, to the many donors who gave us their treasures, to Church Highland Baptist Church for a wonderful venue, to all those who attended, purchased, helped us promote this event and to the volunteer OMAS (and several of their family members) who supported this effort on behalf of the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.
We took in almost $10,000.00.
was a great success!
Thank you to our sponsors, to the many donors who gave us their treasures, to Church Highland Baptist Church for a wonderful venue, to all those who attended, purchased, helped us promote this event and to the volunteer OMAS (and several of their family members) who supported this effort on behalf of the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.
We took in almost $10,000.00.
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Next OMAS Meeting:
Wed. Sept 18, 2019 10:10 a.m. to noon Christ Lutheran Church 445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo (Lexington at Davenport) September 18 - Speaker: Carol Barnhardt, Regional Rep SLF ALL WELCOME! ________________________ |
AWARD WINNING GRANNIES
The Geneva Forum for Health Awards are presented during the World Health Assembly, recognizing and honouring global health leaders “who have made fundamental improvements in delivering high-quality, sustainable, patient-centred healthcare. Particular emphasis is placed on proven, disruptive innovations that have the potential to become global best practice.” Last year, the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign was a recipient of this award – an award that is often given to health ministries (another recipient for 2018 is the Chilean Ministry of Health for innovative food labels), world leaders (including Gro Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and former Director-General of the World Health Organization), agency leaders, and large Foundations (in 2017, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation won for malaria programming)! Source: Granny Bulletin May, June 2018 |
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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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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
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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 $625,178.79 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.
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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!!!
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OMAS SISKONA of KW
September 2016