Africa: Young African women orphaned by AIDS speak to Canadians

This week, the Stephen Lewis Foundation launched the AfriGrand Caravan, a cross-country tour with young African women orphaned by AIDS and grandmothers faced with an orphan care crisis in AIDS-ravaged sub-Saharan Africa. The Caravan will travel to 40 communities, St. John’s, Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia, from September 7 to November 10, creating a forum for the women to tell their stories and engage thousands of Canadians in a meaningful dialogue about the grassroots response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa.