Activities in India

The Rainbow Centre

In June 2003, CCI opened the Rainbow Centre with the help of ARDAR, a local NGO, to help free children from slavery. The Centre is currently home to 60 children.

December 2004 Tsunami

CCI Emergency Intervention with the help of ARDAR

Thanks to generous public donations and the help of ARDAR, its local partner, CCI was able to provide help in the weeks following the catastrophe to two fishing villages in Vizianagaram: Thammayyapalem (60 homes) and Thipivanalassa (380 homes). Before disaster struck in the village of Thammayyapalem, which had been visited by CCI members, 25 children from some 60 homes were living under slavery conditions to pay for fishing boats and nets. Since the tsunami destroyed and swept away the majority of boats and nets in the village, the vicious cycle of bonded slavery can only get worse.

	CCI emergency operations, with the help of ARDAR Report to donors - Tsunami (PDF format - 456 Ko)
	Act now to stop the rise in bonded slavery Press release (PDF format - 55 Ko)
	ARDAR's report on the tsunami (PDF format - 606 Ko)

Activities in Canada

CCI Fundraising

Fundraising supper and fair trade fund-raising event.

School Projects

In addition to the front-line support for exploited children, CCI also organizes conferences in Quebec schools.

Public Awareness

CCI regularly organizes conferences and activities to raise awareness on child slavery and exploitation -particularly in high schools, but also for the general public in Montreal, Ottawa and the United States.