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 | Jun 23, 2017 | Media
In Turkish culture, the term “teyze” mean an incredible aunt, sort of a half-mother. After Omer Livvarcin moved from Turkey to Ottawa in September 2016 with his spouse and two sons, little did he know he would find a “teyze” in the form of Murielle Lemay. “We first...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 22, 2017 | News
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has produced a wonderful and heart-warming video featuring several refugee families. Some of the people you see in the video were clients of the Catholic Centre for Immigrants. The video was produced for World Refugee...
