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 …
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The Granny Bulletin, April 2024
The Granny Bulletin for April 2024 is now available. Meet our new Development Officer for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, Suko Bhebhe, and learn more details about a planned trip …
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 …
Changing Tides February 2024
The Grandmothers’ movement is on the move. There is a lot happening locally, in the region and in the Grandmothers Campaign. Spring fundraisers, a speakers’ bureau, a trip to Africa …
Celebrate International Women’s Day
The Stephen Lewis Foundation is celebrating International Women’s Day on Friday, March 8 by telling the stories of six remarkable women from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda and Canada who are building …
Granny Bulletin, February 2024
Read about this year’s awareness campaign for National Grandparents’ Day on September 8 and other planned campaign events. View a short video about the Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS (GAPA) …
What is Canada’s “Official Development Assistance”?
This month GRAN’s Small Sips explains the basics of “ODA,” what it covers and does not, and how Canada is living up to its international commitments.