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  • African grandmothers

    . . . claiming their rights







    © Emmanuel Museruka/SLF

    GM in pink w microphone Emmanuel Museruka SLF



  • African grandmothers

    . . . from mourning to a movement







    © Max Bastard/SLF

    GM in pink reading S Africa crop Max Bastard SLF



  • African grandmothers

    . . . united in solidarity







    © Max Bastard/SLF

    GMs unite red shirts Max Bastard SLF



  • African grandmothers

    . . . raising a generation of children orphaned by AIDS





    © Alexis MacDonald/SLF

    Children in blue Alexis Macdonald SLF



  • African grandmothers

    . . . determined to persevere







    © Julius Ceasar/SLF

    GM w green scarf Julius Ceasar/SLF



  • African grandmothers

    . . . claiming their rights

    GM in pink w microphone Emmanuel Museruka SLF







    © Emmanuel Museruka/SLF




  • African grandmothers

    . . . from mourning to a movement

    GM in pink reading S Africa crop Max Bastard SLF







    © Max Bastard/SLF




  • African grandmothers

    . . . united in solidarity

    GMs unite red shirts Max Bastard SLF







    © Max Bastard/SLF




  • African grandmothers

    . . . raising a generation of children orphaned by AIDS

    Children in blue Alexis Macdonald SLF





    © Alexis MacDonald/SLF




  • African grandmothers

    . . . determined to persevere

    GM w green scarf Julius Ceasar/SLF







    © Julius Ceasar/SLF

We will not rest until African grandmothers can rest.

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Help turn the tide of AIDS in Africa through a donation to the Grandmothers Campaign, in support of African grandmothers.

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The Stephen Lewis Foundation offers Holiday Tribute cards and e-cards to honour your loved ones, colleagues, and friends, in support of grassroots organizations helping grandmothers. Order yours today! (Photo: SLF)

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What’s a Gogo?

You may think it’s a mini-skirted dancer from the 1960s, but in the African countries where Zulu is spoken – a gogo is a grandmother! An African grandmother may be called shosho in Kenya, nyana in Zambia, jaja in Uganda or nkeku in Botswana. But no matter how they’re addressed, African grandmothers are the unsung heroes of the continent raising a generation of children orphaned by AIDS.
A Greater Van Gogo lives in Southwestern BC and belongs to a “grandmothers group” dedicated to standing in solidarity with African grandmothers and to raising funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.

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Grandmothers Campaign

African grandmothers are the heart of the response to HIV & AIDS. The Stephen Lewis Foundation launched the Grandmothers Campaign in 2006 to support grandmothers’ needs such as housing, school fees and uniforms for orphans in their care, counseling, business skills, and support groups.

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