Grandmothers Campaign

Exciting Update
National Advocacy Committee becomes an independent organization
 

• Click here to read the joint announcement from NAC and SLF
• Click here to read Stephen Lewis' letter about the announcement
• Click here to read the FAQs about the announcement

Against all odds, the Grandmothers Campaign has become a social movement. The Canadian grandmothers have not only raised awareness and huge sums of money (twelve million dollars in five years!), but they have become a force of progressive advocacy at crucial political moments... The grandmothers’ movement has helped to transform international development policy.” – Stephen Lewis

African grandmothers are central to the life of their communities. With almost no support, they have stepped forward to care for millions of children orphaned by AIDS, sometimes as many as ten to fifteen in one household. They display astonishing reserves of love, courage and emotional resilience, even while grieving the loss of their own adult children.

In just five short years, Canadians have raised an astonishing $12 million for African grandmothers through the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. Funds from the Campaign are sent directly to community level, to grassroots organizations that provide grandmothers and the children in their care with supports that include food, educational supplies, uniforms and school fees, medical care, HIV counselling and testing, adequate housing and bedding, counselling and support groups, home visits, and much more.

Click here to learn more about our work and the cutting-edge holistic programmes being developed by and for African grandmothers and their grandchildren.

You can visit the website of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign at grandmotherscampaign.org.