Afternoon Tea (VG4A Fundraiser)

July 13  2- 4 PM

Come join us for a relaxing afternoon on a gorgeous property above Elk Lake.  A team is preparing a selection of sweet and savory treats for your delectation! Gluten-free options available on request. 

Tickets:  $30 - Registration deadline July 11

For more information and tickets click here.

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

In Tanzanian pastoralist communities, Maasai girls are traditionally married off by the time they are 15, and only 1 in 100 girls gains access to secondary education. This dearth of education leads to ongoing generations of women who suffer early and unwanted pregnancies, HIV infection, gender-based violence, illiteracy, poverty and hunger. The Maasai Women Development Organization (MWEDO), has been working to get and keep girls in school since 1999. It was founded by three local women who had themselves struggled to access education and combat stigma around female independence, initiative and protection. They know, without a shadow of doubt, that girls’ education is one of the best, if not only, forces of real and lasting change for women.

To read more continue here.

More stories from Africa are HERE

Laurie and Bonnie's blog

VG4A members Laurie and Bonnie travelled with 14 other members of the Grandmothers Campaign and SLF staff to South Africa and Eswatini. Click the link above for the blog of their stories and adventures, and read about the people and groups they met.

"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.

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

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

this link

Latest news about the disastrous, inhumane USAID cuts:

The Guardian "UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths"

The Guardian "Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a travesty" 

CHEK News “People Are Going to Die”

Vic News. "They've Abandoned Africa" 

SLF FAQ's.  Frequently Asked Questions about the Crisis

VG4A at Victoria Pride Parade July 6 , 20205

See CHEK News youtube video  Video and commentary of VG4A at 33:50 minute mark

Members - see more photos in the "Members Only" section

General Meeting June 7, 2025

We had updates on the recent SLF trip to Africa , a moving tribute to Lynn Baron, a personal reconciliation story, welcomed new members, and more at our meeting. Members can see all the photos taken by Jane Player in the Members Only section.

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