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On March 7, 2006, the foundation launched the "Grandmothers to
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The foundation’s approach to funding is based on the principle that community-based organizations are best poised to respond effectively to the HIV/AIDS crisis. In evaluating funding applications from prospective partners, the foundation places particular emphasis on the involvement of women,
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As of 2020, the executive director has been human rights advocate Meg French who worked previously with UNICEF and the United
Nations, and had ties to the foundation since participating in the International AIDS Conference in 2006 when the Grandmothers To Grandmothers campaign was launched.
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in sub-Saharan Africa. Several readers responded with financial donations, the first of which arrived before the foundation had been formally established. By the time the foundation's first cheques were mailed out in June 2003 for projects, the donations totaled $ 275,000. As of 2014, the
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in 2004. He continues to travel and speak on the foundation's behalf. Lewis's daughter, Ilana
Landsberg-Lewis, was the foundation's executive director since its formation in 2003 until 2020, and its African Advisory Board is chaired by
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in August 2006, attended by two hundred grandmothers from Canada and one hundred from sub-Saharan Africa. Several groups from the
Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign were profiled in
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The foundation mostly supports small frontline groups and charities, although on some occasions it has provided larger projects with money. It has supported initiatives in
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