Afghan family finds home in Peterborough, ON
Volunteer Heather Hedges introduces an Afghan interpreter and his family she helped bring to Canada. Watch the video. The tiring and terrifying journey of the Hamidy family from their rural
Afghan refugees housed at quarantine hotels say they lack basics
Read The Toronto Star interview by Maan Alhmidi of The Canadian Press with one Afghan refugee reporting on conditions at quarantine hotels in Toronto. Canadian Connections steps in to help
Grassroots group helps Afghan refugees settle in Canada
In the lead up to Remembrance Day 2021, CTV National News Quebec Bureau Chief, Genevieve Beauchemin, joined Canadian Connection volunteers on a move-in day for one of our first families.
They fled violence in Afghanistan for Canada
Now these Afghan women are telling their stories. Farida Nekzad is now a Journalist-in-Residence at Carleton University and founding Board Member of Canadian Connections.
Testimony of Ahmad
Good evening! I would like to thank all Canadian Connections for your help and support in our resettlement. Canadian Connections are humanitarian volunteer people who helped me and hundreds of
Testimony of Aziz
On behalf of our family members, thank you for your assistance and support. Of course, it’s a difficult time for all of us. We left everything in our country and