The
Stephen Lewis Foundation is an organization founded by
Stephen Lewis that assists mostly
AIDS and
HIV-related
grassroots projects in
Africa. Though on some occasions, the foundation has provided larger projects with money, it mostly gives funds to small, frontline groups and charities.
Goals
The foundation has four main goals:
- To provide care at the community level to women who are ill and struggling to survive, so that their lives can be free from pain, humiliation and indignity
- To assist orphans and other AIDS-affected children in every possible way, from the payment of school fees to the provision of food
- To support the unrecognized heroes of Africa, the grandmothers, who bury their own children and care for their orphan grandchildren;
- To support associations of people living with HIV/AIDS - courageous men and women who have openly declared their status.
Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign
The Grandmothers to Grandmothers is a campaign, launched on March 7, 2006, to raise awareness and support for African grandmothers within Canada.
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