Grandmothers to Grandmothers
OMAS SISKONA of KW (Grandmothers Together)
Composed by Thea Parker, dearly remembered member of OMAS SISKONA
April 2008
We’re OMAS SISKONA and we’re beckoning you
To join us and think of the things we can do,
To help rescue those children, whose parents are dead,
From the disease that is rampant – those stories we’ve read.
We’ll have bake sales and concerts, we’ll knit and we’ll sew,
Your talent is needed, all monies will go
To our African sisters, those Grannies so brave,
Who are raising these orphans, their future to save.
They need schooling and clothing, both food and health-care,
From our bounty we grandmothers will lovingly share.
So do come and join us to answer this need,
When we all work together, we know we’ll succeed.
April 2011
Three years have gone by and look how we’ve grown!
In thirty six months we’ve made our cause known.
We educate, advocate, and all money is sent
To those African grandmas from each fundraising event.
Stephen Lewis Foundation gives us chances to give
Help, through the pandemic so the children can live.
Better access to meds, we’ll work to achieve,
And free education should all children receive.
Those children, now orphans will one day be grown
And become leaders, tomorrow, with names that are known.
Today it’s a vision, but one day there’ll be
An Africa strong, where women are free!
By – Thea Parker, member of OMAS SISKONA of KW ©
We’re OMAS SISKONA and we’re beckoning you
To join us and think of the things we can do,
To help rescue those children, whose parents are dead,
From the disease that is rampant – those stories we’ve read.
We’ll have bake sales and concerts, we’ll knit and we’ll sew,
Your talent is needed, all monies will go
To our African sisters, those Grannies so brave,
Who are raising these orphans, their future to save.
They need schooling and clothing, both food and health-care,
From our bounty we grandmothers will lovingly share.
So do come and join us to answer this need,
When we all work together, we know we’ll succeed.
April 2011
Three years have gone by and look how we’ve grown!
In thirty six months we’ve made our cause known.
We educate, advocate, and all money is sent
To those African grandmas from each fundraising event.
Stephen Lewis Foundation gives us chances to give
Help, through the pandemic so the children can live.
Better access to meds, we’ll work to achieve,
And free education should all children receive.
Those children, now orphans will one day be grown
And become leaders, tomorrow, with names that are known.
Today it’s a vision, but one day there’ll be
An Africa strong, where women are free!
By – Thea Parker, member of OMAS SISKONA of KW ©
Thea Parker
1925-2014
We miss you, Thea.