by CCI Ottawa | Sep 8, 2017 | News
After seven years of living in Canada, Inga Bohnekamp is sounding more and more like a Canadian. “The winters are so long and the summers here are so humid!” Inga started her Canadian adventure when she studied psychology as an exchange student in 2003–2004 at the...
by CCI Ottawa | Aug 29, 2017 | News
When Claudine Nduwimama, Facilitator of Catholic Centre for Immigrants’ Girls on the Go, surveyed the program’s 20 participants to find out what sports they wanted to try out, tennis was near the top of the list. So on a sunny mid-August afternoon, the Girls on the Go...
by CCI Ottawa | Jul 24, 2017 | News
Volunteers make up the backbone of the work we do. Last year, more than 1,300 volunteers and sponsors helped the Catholic Centre for Immigrants deliver programs and services to more than 6,500 newcomers to Ottawa. Volunteers help newcomers learn a language, access...
by CCI Ottawa | Jul 19, 2017 | News
Monthly donations are crucial for an organization like the Catholic Centre for Immigrants. It’s a predictable and stable source of funding. More importantly, it lets the families we are helping know they are not forgotten. It takes some time to adjust to a...
by CCI Ottawa | Jul 7, 2017 | News
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