OUR MISSION

The Granny Connection is deeply dedicated to providing support, advocacy and
funding to grandmothers in Africa who are raising children orphaned by AIDS

The magnanimous grandmothers of Africa bury their own children from AIDS and then take on the care of their grandchildren orphaned by the disease. Poverty, lack of health care, and the lack of resources create additional hardships on these already burdened grandmothers.

In 2008, a group of women in Columbus, Indiana, began its organizing and advocacy work on behalf of these deserving grandmothers. This group, The Granny Connection, focuses on raising funds to help ease the plight of African grandmothers and their orphaned grandchildren. In some countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 40 - 60% of AIDS orphans are living in extreme poverty in grandmother-headed households. The challenges they face are overwhelming. The Granny Connection works to offer hope and opportunity for these women and children. Money raised has enabled children to receive supervised medical care and benefitted hundreds of other children and grandmothers by providing social, medical, and/or emotional support.

Grannies assist the Power Of Love Foundation

The Granny Connection helps to raise funds for the Power of Love Foundation to assist families affected by AIDS in Lusaka, Zambia. Find more info on the Power Of Love Foundation at the following link: www.poweroflove.org

Granny Connection would like you to meet Colin (not his real name), one of the children in the Power of Love pediatric HIV care program . Colins' health has improved significantly in the last year and he is attending school as a result of your generosity and caring.


Colin is 11 years old and cared for by his grandma. Last year, he got sick, got tested and found positive for HIV. To keep Colin from developing full-blown AIDS, it is critical that he doesn't catch any opportunistic infections which will compromise his health. As part of the pediatric HIV care program, POL's Project Nurse is counseling and educating his grandmother on how best to prevent infections and take care of him. In addition, he is visited weekly by a child health care worker for a check-up and psycho-social counseling. We are happy to hear that Colin is an active and playful fourth grader and loves school! To help care for more children like Colin, Power of Love is partnering with Global Giving. Please donate generously to help HIV+ children like Colin continue to play, attend school, and live healthy lives. And as always, 100% of your donations go towards POL programs and no part is used for overheads.

Have a fun filled summer,
Your friends at the Power of Love Foundation

Through various fund raising activities from March 2008 through February 2015, the Granny Connection has raised and sent $98,500 to Zambia. With this money, the Grannies were able to:



The Columbus Granny Connection is currently planning fundraising activities for the 2016/2017 year. In concurrence with raising money for Zambian grandmothers and children, the Granny Connection remains committed to raising awareness in our community about the challenges of AIDS through our website, periodic letters to the editor, political advocacy, and planning at least one yearly community wide event which will focus on our mission. Our last very successful event at the Commons was Arts For AIDS on World AIDS Day. We are planning a Spring event to celebrate Mother’s Day. It is entitled Women Who Rock: Moms, Music, and Mission, May 12th @ 5:30 PM. Join the highly acclaimed IU professor, Glen Gass, as we enjoy the interactive lecture /sing-along featuring many female icons of rock and roll.

As we continue to help grandmothers in Africa secure a hopeful and healthy future for themselves and their grandchildren, we invite other grandmothers and "grandothers" to join us in supporting our African counterparts. We sell glazed pecans all year to raise money for the families in our program and we sew clothing as well.
For more information,
phone: 812-342-4680
email: grannyconnection@gmail.com, or visit our website:www.grannyconnection.org.
Be sure to watch our video on the web site