The Stephen Lewis Foundation surveyed our partners in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.    Its findings are devastating.  Read the full report  

WHO WE ARE

Victoria Grandmothers for Africa

We raise funds and awareness for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. We're proud to have raised over $2 million since 2006.

Through the Grandmothers Campaign, we partner with community-led organizations in Africa where grandmothers care for grandchildren whose parents died as a result of the HIV and AIDS pandemic.

See how we work HERE

Find out how to join HERE

WHO OUR PARTNERS ARE

Grandmothers Movement in South Africa (GMISA)

Deeply rooted in South Africa’s history and cultures, grandmothers are the bedrock upon which South Africa’s communities have stood for generations. Their lives marked by unwavering perseverance, faith, wisdom and courage, their determined resilience and quiet dignity have enabled them to carry responsibilities far, far heavier than should be expected of their generation. Mothers to their children and grandchildren, wives and sisters, breadwinners, leaders and entrepreneurs, South African grandmothers have strived to hold their families and communities together in the face of unrelenting hardships and persistent societal pressures: the combined brutality and legacy of Apartheid; the effects of poverty and unemployment; raising an orphaned generation; gender inequality. To read about how they have recently organized: continue here.

More stories from Africa are HERE

Jazzy Junk

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Granny's Trunk

Jazzy Junk from Granny's Trunk takes place Saturday April 26 at 3939 St.Peter's Road with accumulated treasures from twenty-five households.

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"The SLF is facing the greatest crisis since the nightmare days of the spread of AIDS in the 1990s and 2000s. I refuse to dissemble or beat around the bush. With the suspension and cutbacks of foreign aid, the Trump administration’s unhinged and random destructive acts put countless numbers of our projects in Africa, and the people they serve, at risk.

The uncertainty, the ambiguity, the wilful chaos have resulted in fear and confusion on the ground. As our Executive Director, Meg French, has said: “Lives will be lost.” Our best contribution at this perilous moment is to attempt to replace the resources that Trump has expunged. Please give what you are able."

— Stephen Lewis, SLF Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Board and former UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa

#AIDS once wiped out an entire generation, and now with the ruthless execution of U.S. executive orders, once more, we are condemning people to die.

Will you make a gift to respond to the emergency facing our partners and the people they serve?   In this moment of crisis, please support the Stephen Lewis Foundation through

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Latest news about the disastrous, inhumane USAID cuts:

CHEK News “People Are Going to Die”

Science  "A Bloodbath: HIV Field is Reeling"

Vic News. "They've Abandoned Africa" 

NYT "US Terminates Funding for Polio, HIV, Malaria and Nutrition"

SLF FAQ's.  Frequently Asked Questions about the Crisis

CBC News Crisis in Kenya

Guardian Mar 5. Supreme Court rejects Trump's ... Foreign Aid Freeze

UN AIDS:  a weekly report on effects of cuts

CBC The Current Doctors Without Borders comment on impact of cuts

General Meeting

April 5, 2025

We had two guest presenters at our April 5 meeting -Theresa Randles from Grandmothers of Steel in Hamilton and  Anne Young from GRAN National. 

Find photos by Jane Player on the MEMBERS ONLY page

The meeting covered a lot of ground, starting with acknowledging the preferred name for the Esquimalt Nation - Xwsepsum (sometimes spelled Kosapsum). Along with our guest speakers, introductions of new members, and business items, we had a musical thank-you and goodbye to Barb Joliffe, one of VG4A's Strumming Grannies.