Next Meeting:
Wednesday May 16, 2018
10 a.m. to noon
Christ Lutheran Church
445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo
(Lexington at Davenport)
Speaker: TBA
ALL WELCOME!        
"BOHEMIANS in BROOKLYN"
$7,006.13
raised for the Stephen Lewis Foundation

Thank you to all who attended and sponsored
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OMAS' CAR TRUNK SALE
Saturday June 2
8 a.m. to noon

Christ Lutheran Church Parking Lot
445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo
Corner of Davenport & Lexington
ALL WELCOME!

Like a Garage Sale but better!!!!
Baking Table and Refreshments available

Proceeds to the Grandmothers to 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.

 We shall not rest until they can rest
OMAS SISKONA* of KW is one of 240+ grandmothers groups in Canada partnering with their African sisters to "turn the tide" of the AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Since our launch in 2008, we have raised over $575,000 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 130 members and many "friends', OMAS meet monthly to plan fund-raising 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!!!  Below we received a visit from Stephen Lewis in May 2011.
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OMAS SISKONA of KW September 2016