Providing home, community, and dignity

Thanks to donors like you, we’ve spent 15 years transforming lives: 

• Home: Furnishing over 1,800 homes in 2024 alone. 

• Community: Welcoming refugees with open arms and safe spaces. 

• Dignity: Empowering families to thrive in a new chapter of life. 

Your donation is part of this vital work. Together, we can help even more families.

Choose how you’d like to support our community today:

Current needs

These are items we are currently in need of to operate our programs efficiently and at full capacity.

• Do you have an extra room in your house? Host a refugee claimant coming out of our program with our partner, Refugee Housing.

• Our Furniture Bank needs sofas, love seats, and arm chairs: Click here for more info.

• Our residents need linens: blankets, quilts, comforters, bed sheets, towels, etc. Email info@matthewhouseottawa.org to coordinate a drop off at one of our houses.

• Want to purchase and donate supplies? Our wholesale partner, the Bargains Group, will you get the best value while providing us with the essentials we need. Check out our wishlist here.