by CCI Ottawa | Jul 24, 2019 | News
Do you remember your child’s first day of school? You probably felt a mixture of pride and worry. Pride that your child was reaching such a big milestone; worry because you wanted your child to make friends, fit in and succeed. It’s the same scenario for refugee...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 20, 2019 | News
Welcome Ottawa Week is celebrated from June 17 to June 30. One of the highlights is the naming of 10 Welcome Ottawa Week Ambassadors. One of this year’s ambassadors is Maurice White, who was nominated by Ndusha Ruhune Freecare In doubles tennis, when one...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 18, 2019 | News
By Claudine Nduwimana Muhammad Khalil has been a volunteer at CCI for a little more than four years. Since coming to Canada as a refugee, he has found helping others a source of joy and a way to create lasting friendships. We talked to him about his volunteer...
by CCI Ottawa | May 14, 2019 | News
Newcomers to Ottawa all have one thing in common. They want to give back to their community as soon as possible. That’s true of youth newcomers as well. That’s why the Catholic Centre for Immigrants Youth Program has a job program that helps young people...
by CCI Ottawa | May 3, 2019 | News
For Zemetu and her two children, this has been a year of miracles for the family. Arsema was four and Ashenafi was seven when they fled Eritrea with their widowed mother and were forced to live in a refugee camp. Zemetu says life was a nightmare. “We lived in a...
