Wine & Dine for Africa - 2nd Annual Dinner

Attended a Wine & Dine for Africa Dinner this past Thursday evening, presented by various Metro Vancouver "GoGo" women's groups, featuring an African theme dinner.  Each of the sponsoring groups had a booth to sell their home made crafts and talk about their projects.

All of the net profits go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation's "Grandmothers to Grandmothers" project.  This project assists African grandmothers to raise and support their grandchildren, orphaned due to the death of their parents from AIDS.  Here is an explanation from the website:

"Canadians have raised an astonishing $16.5 million for African grandmothers through the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. Resources from the Campaign are invested directly at community level, with grassroots organizations that provide grandmothers and the children in their care with supports that include food, educational supplies, uniforms and school fees, medical care, HIV counselling and testing, adequate housing and bedding, counselling and support groups, home visits, and much more."

Tote Bags

The buffet dinner featured many African dishes, from fish, chicken, beans, bananas and more beans.  Very tasty, but my GI system wasn't used to the new foods and I suffered for a few days with discomfort.