Hillcrest nurses coming to Winnipeg!!!!!!

Hillcrest nurses coming to Winnipeg!!! (Click here for the event poster)

It is with great joy that the Little Travellers HIV/AIDS Initiative announces the visit of two of the nurses from the Hillcrest AIDS Centre, coming all the way to Winnipeg, Manitoba!!! 

Princess & Cwengi – two incredible nurses and gogos (Zulu: grandmothers) from Hillcrest are coming to share their stories and experiences, and in conjunction with Gogo Action Winnipeg – a local grandmothers’ group fundraising for African grandmothers through the Stephen Lewis Foundation – we are throwing a party to welcome and celebrate them in style!!!

Tuesday, October 16th, 6:30 pm @ Carpathia School (map). 

In addition to meeting these lovely women, we are going to be launching the Little Travellers’ Movie!  Filmed in the Valley of a Thousand Hills in the spring, this short movie introduces the Little Travellers and presents the crafters whose lives have been changed by making them. 

Tea, coffee and refreshments will be served, and we will be serenaded by the likes of the “Ladies of the Street” Choir; we are also excited to hear the beautiful songs of a *surprise* performer who is sure to be a crowd pleaser!

Admission is by donation (to the Stephen Lewis Foundation) and everyone is welcome!  Little Travellers will be available for sale.

A great big ’Thank You!’ to the Stephen Lewis Foundation, for bringing Princess & Cwengi to Canada as part of their Grandmothers-to-Grandmothers Campaign and for facilitating their stop-over in Winnipeg.  After the prairies, the grannies’ next stop is British Columbia.  Check back for more details soon!

We really hope to see you there!  Please pass this email on, as the more the merrier: this is a great opportunity to show these amazing and courageous women how much Winnipeggers care about and support the plight of African women affected by HIV/AIDS.