Grandmothers to Grandmothers put on a flash mob yesterday morning at the PCU Centre in Portage La Prairie.

The flash mob was one of 23 mobs put on across Canada on World AIDS Day, which was December 1st, to raise awareness for grandmothers in Africa caring for children orphaned by HIV and AIDS. Local flash mob organiser Brenda Miller-Adams explains the inspiration behind the flash mob.

"It was to do something different and something to create awareness. Sometimes you have to get outside your comfort zone and you have to do something that brings people together and gets their attention because sometimes just talking, in the media, doesn't do it. So we thought that this might be a cool way to do it; a bunch of little grey-haired ladies across the country shaking their booty."

15 grandmothers and local Portagers took part in the mob, grooving out to The Eurythmics's "Sisters are Doin' it for Themselves."

Miller-Adams notes awareness on the topic of HIV and AIDS has been slipping which is why they needed to raise awareness in a big way.

"The whole topic of HIV and AIDS has gone backwards as far as media attention and attention in the world. The disease has not gone away and so it's very, very important that we bring it to the forefront again and help in every way that we can."

2016 was the 10th anniversary of Grandmothers to Grandmothers, the campaign was launched back in 2006 by the Stephen Lewis Foundation.