Standing Up for the Okavango Delta
GRAN and partners have lodged a formal human rights complaint against Canadian ReconAfrica’s oil exploration activities in the Okavango Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is a critical step …
OWG Update April 2024
Here’s a news summary from our April meeting:
GRAN Update April 2024
This month’s edition announces that our own Peggy Edwards will be part of the Hello Friends’ panel on GRAN’s history and that SeedChange‘s Executive Director Ama Deawuo will join Sally …
Canada Announces Increased Spending for Humanitarian Aid
The new federal Budget contained a modest increase to Canada’s investment in humanitarian assistance. Good to see, given the recent cuts to foreign aid by other G7 countries such as France …
Two Spring Events by Grandmas AIDing Grandmas
Check out their April 23 Card Party and the May 25 Plant and Garden Sale
Introducing Hello Friends! Keynote Speaker Sally Armstrong
“Striding into Taliban-held Afghanistan with a chador over her six-foot frame, playing high-fives with a traumatized child rape survivor in the Congolese jungle, marching with the defiant grandmothers in Swaziland, …
Changing Tides, March 2024
Updates on the Grandmothers Campaign from our Regional Liaison Sandi London, on GrannyFest, Hello Friends and all the spring plant sales and other fundraisers our groups are planning.
GRAN Update March 2024
A packed issue! Everything you need to know to register for Hello Friends in May, updates from GRAN’s watch groups on access to medicines, climate, education, mining justice and the …
GRAN & partners win human rights award
On December 15, the Right to a Healthy Environment Global Coalition of which GRAN is a member, won the 2023 UN Human Rights Award. This prestigious recognition is awarded every …
Christmas Social
Thanks to Sue Ernst for hosting this year’s party, to our very own OWG Elf, and to everyone who contributed to the fabulous edibles. Here are a few photos: