Steering Committee June 2007
We are a group women in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada dedicated to providing support to a group of women in Sabie, South Africa who are raising their AIDS-orphaned grandchildren.
Gogo is the Zulu word for grandmother. Grannies à Gogo: the Vernon – South Africa Connection is a volunteer and independent group which is a ‘sister’ project with Sitabogogo (“Help a Gogo”) in Sabie, South Africa. The African women suffered the oppression of apartheid during their formative years, fought to gain democracy during their adult prime and now, instead of relaxing in their senior years, are parenting their orphaned grandchildren. There are an estimated 2,500,000 orphans in South Africa alone. “
Our contacts ‘in the field’ administering the project are Ruth Magagula, director of the Home Based Care team, and Rev. Ginny Uren-Viner. All proceeds from our fundraising go directly to the African grandparents, to improve their lives and those of their orphaned grandchildren.
Steering Committee June 2008
