MORE THAN EVER OUR AFRICAN SISTERS NEED OUR SUPPORT.
PLEASE DONATE TO THE GRANDMOTHERS CAMPAIGN OF THE STEPHEN LEWIS FOUNDATION

April 30, 2020 OMAS Update
Two OMAS have collected $1460 from sewing COVID masks and selling them to family and friends. The proceeds will benefit the Grandmothers Campaign. BRAVO!!!


Grandmothers Campaign Update:
From 2006 to 2019, the Grandmothers Campaign contributed $36 million to the SLF,  20% of its total support.
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Next OMAS Meeting: To Be Announced
10 a.m. to noon
Christ Lutheran Church
445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo
(Lexington at Davenport)
Program:
TBA
ALL WELCOME!  
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Please note new DATE:
Saturday October 16, 2021
OMAS SISKONA of KW will host the
2020 Annual Regional Gathering
Grandview Baptist Church
250 Old Chicopee Drive, Kitchener
Theme – The Journey Forward: When Women Lead
Details TBA
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OMAS SISKONA of KW
was nominated KW Oktoberfest Women's Group of 2019 ____________________________________________________________________________
In 12 years, April 2008 - April 2020
OMAS SISKONA of KW
has raised $770,644.98.  
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