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.
1,000 stories of grandmothers' generosity, gathered across Africa.
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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.
- UbuntuNguni Bantu · Southern Africa
- HarambeeSwahili · Kenya
- UjamaaSwahili · Tanzania
- TerangaWolof · Senegal
- SankofaAkan / Twi · Ghana
- EsusuYoruba / Igbo · West Africa
- StokvelMixed languages · Southern Africa
- OmoluabiYoruba · Nigeria
- LetsemaSesotho · Southern Africa
- SadaqahArabic · across Muslim Africa