On Thursday (gee, how time flies) I went to a film presentation in the city library. "The Great Granny Revolution" is a documentary about the "Wakefield Grannies". A couple of years ago 12 elderly ladies from eastern Quebec heard from a South African nurse about her work: she gives support to South African grannies who raise their grandchildren, who are orphans after their parents died from AIDS. First it was these women that started getting involved ; now there's a whole Grandmothers to Grandmothers movement spreading throughout Canada and the US.

The film dealt less with project planning, logistics and the like but rather shows how life is on the different continents, about how a relationship developed between the Canadian and the African women. A very impressive and touching film and initiative.

Sometimes I really have this urge of just running away from this normal life and do something really useful.. But no worries I'm not a runaway person. At least not until the right cause suddenly strikes me.. :)