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Senator Martin attended the Multicultural Helping House Society ground-breaking ceremony with Parliamentary Secretary Alice Wong (Richmond) to announce the contribution of $500,000 on behalf of the federal government for the expansion of the facilities. Senator Martin was honoured to support this noble organization. The Multicultural Helping House Society (MHHS) is a registered non-profit society and charitable organization dedicated to helping newcomers succeed in Canada. The MHHS is committed to helping immigrants from diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds by providing necessary educational, social, emotional, economic and other support services. They believe in empowering newcomers to become contributing members of Canada by providing orientation, training, job search and other services that will enable them to integrate into Canadian society. MHHS especially assists those who are disadvantaged due to language barriers, income or other circumstances beyond their control. They work in collaboration/partnership with other community organizations in British Columbia to meet the needs of clients.