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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, October 2, 2014 | 14 Halton.ca 311 Kielburger visiting Oct. 9 Social activist and best-selling author Craig Kielburger is teaming up with local grandmothers-helping-grandmothers group Oomama on Thursday, Oct. 9, to empower local youths and help young people in need in HIV/ AIDS-ravaged Africa. Kielburger will be the keynote speaker at Oomama's fall fundraiser, Kids Who Care ­ Creating a Different World, held at the Meeting House, 2700 Bristol Circle. He is the co-founder of Free the Children, an international charity and educational partner working to empower and enable youths. "We share a similar mission with Oomama, an incredible organization that leaves positive, tangible impacts in the lives of children who are unintended victims of the HIV/AIDS crisis," said Kielburger. "Both organizations want to ensure children in Africa have the resources to lead a dignified and sustainable future, and that they are empowered through education to live full, rich lives. We fully support the vision of this organization, which, through its education campaigns and fundraisers, has empowered grandparents left to care for their orphaned grandchildren to turn the tide of AIDS in Africa." The event opens at 6:30 p.m., Kielburger's presentation is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $30 for adults and $20 for students with proceeds going to the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which works to help grandmothers caring for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. For more information, visit www.oomama.org or contact oomama2014@gmail.com. -- with files from David Lea Halton Small Business Centre G.R.O.W. 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