Grandmothers of Generosity · 1,000 stories

Tell her story. Receive her Title of Honour, the African praise name her generosity carries.

Grandmothers are Africa's quiet philanthropists, civic leaders, savings-circle weavers, keepers of the table. Honour one, and receive an Honour Card to share.

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1,000 stories of grandmothers' generosity, gathered across Africa.

A Grandmother of Generosity

Mumbejja

Uganda

The Convener

Mkusanyaji · Swahili · East Africa

“When something must be done, she is the one who gathers everyone.”

Honoured by Raising Teenagers Uganda

#GoGrandMa

Her Meaning & Her Lineage

The Convener

Mkusanyaji · Swahili · East Africa

“When something must be done, she is the one who gathers everyone.”

Echoes

She stands in the line of Wangari Maathai, rallied Kenyan women to plant millions of trees and stand together for their land.

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Celebrating the Matriarchs of Generosity: Archiving stories for generations.

The flow

How it works

Three small steps. A keepsake she'd be proud of.

Step 1

Tell her story

A single moment of her generosity, in your own words.

Step 2

Receive her Title of Honour

Matched from a vetted library, Ubuntu, Harambee, Teranga and more, to the quality her story carries.

Step 3

Share her Honour Card

Download a two-sided keepsake. Opt in to have her story read aloud on our channels.

In her name

Meet the grandmothers being honoured across Africa.

The Honour Wall is one living wall, gathered on the GivingTuesday Africa campaign page. Only approved stories appear there.

The library

Ten Titles of Honour. One library of generosity.

Drawn from traditions across the continent, from Ubuntu to Sadaqah. Each grandmother's story is matched to the one her generosity carries.

The Honour Wall

A living wall of grandmothers.

Each story approved by our team joins the wall automatically. Two rows drift gently, in opposite directions. Hover to pause.

approved honours, and counting.

Browse the wall

Search by name, title, or place. Filter by country or Title of Honour.

About the campaign

#GoGrandMa

#GoGrandMa is part of GivingTuesday Africa's Grandmothers of Generosity initiative. We are gathering 1,000 stories from across the continent, and giving each grandmother a Title of Honour drawn from a vetted library of traditions, Ubuntu, Harambee, Teranga, Sankofa, Esusu, Stokvel, Ujamaa, Omoluabi, Letsema, Sadaqah. Her title may also be called her praise name.

Across Africa, grandmothers have always been the quiet engines of generosity. They hold savings circles together. They keep the table full for the stranger. They raise children who are not their own. They lead, civically, spiritually, financially.

Our principles

Grandmothers are honoured as leaders, never as recipients of charity.
Every praise name and meaning is drawn from a curated library, to be confirmed by fluent-speaker country leaders before publication. Until then, a “draft meaning” badge is shown.
The “Echoes” line, when shown, names a verified woman of generosity from a small vetted Figures table. We never invent or paraphrase a figure's legacy.
Nothing is auto-posted. Audio shoutouts are opt-in and reviewed.
Submitters confirm permission to share each grandmother's name and story.

Draft notice: praise-name meanings on this site are working drafts and will be reviewed by fluent speakers from each tradition before publication.