Leslie Emory and Ahmad Trad

: Most of the requests come from new immigrants or former refugees living in the capital who don't have the financial means to sponsor their loved ones. "We are trying to take those individuals and groups and introduce them to local families who want loved ones sponsored," said Leslie Emory, the organization executive director, according to CBC. So far, the organization has only been able to match 10 per cent of these family-linked cases. "They are in camps, they're fleeing and they need to be brought to a secure place," Emory said. Ahmad Trad and his family are scheduled to arrive in Ottawa at the end of February after a private sponsorship group filed a "G5" application after meeting Trad sister, Nisreen. You don't know when the next explosion will happen ... you don't know if they will come back.'Nisreen Trad, Syrian Canadian living in Ottawa Emory said the public may not be aware of the organization matching program, and that money and the complexity of the private G5 application process may be deterring sponsorship groups from offering help. Many sponsors instead are choosing to look for refugees on the federal government Blended Visa Office-Referred Program list for economic reasons, because those cases receive six months of government assistance. Under a G5, sponsors have to raise enough money to house, feed and care for a refugee family for one year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.