To our much-loved and admired mentor Stephen Lewis,
   OMAS SISKONA of KW sends support and    solidarity for the struggle that lies ahead.
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OMAS 2021 STRIDE
Congratulations! We raised about $10,900!!!
Kampala Uganda to Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic
of the Congo - 9122.45 kilometres
Check out our adventure HERE
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NEXT OMAS MEETING on ZOOM
 Guests & new members welcome! Invite a friend!
 WEDNESDAY October 20, 2021
 10 A.M. on zoom.us (site opens at 9:30 a.m.)
 Yes, we will gather virtually.
PROGRAM: OMA Susanna Compton "Botswana and Writing a Book"

If you  would like to join OMAS,
message us through our CONTACT BOX on this site to receive details.
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From  May 2020 to April 2021,
OMAS raised $41,000  for the SLF through the online market sales, collecting donations, Chocolate, Chat and Change, STRIDE.
Members also sent  $15,000 directly to SLF (e.g. through monthly donations) for a total for the year of $56,000. Our grand total from 2008 - 2021 now stands at  $826,000.00  ! !
                  Thank you to  donors, customers,
                   producers, volunteers and members!
          "We may be shut in but we are not shut out!!!"

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OMAS Online Market is closed until Fall 2021.
Tune in then for wonderful new creations by our members.
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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