Helping Ukrainians find housing

Helping Ukrainians find housing

It was late March when Alex Skrypnyk contacted CCI Ottawa. His wife’s family were trapped in Ukraine as Russia’s Vladimir Putin waged war. Eventually, the family escaped to Poland where they started the process of applying for visas to travel to Canada. In...
A Warm Welcome, from the Welcome Fund

A Warm Welcome, from the Welcome Fund

Ottawa’s warm welcome to Syrian refugees just got even warmer, thanks to a $450,000 donation from the Welcome Fund for Syrian Refugees.   The Catholic Centre for Immigrants is one of three local recipients of the funding, which the Community Foundation of Ottawa is...