Vancouver & Lower Mainland
Multicultural Family Support Services Society

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OBJECTIVES

We provide a safe and non-judgemental environment for women and their children in their own language and culture.

Individual counselling is provided at the office, out of the office and over the phone. We also provide group counselling and support and counselling to women victims of sexual assault and to adult survivors of sexual abuse, emergency interventions and referrals to appropriate resources.

Our approach is to empower women in dealing with their issues, help them to develop coping skills, assist them in self-exploration, and to support them while they go through the different stages of rebuilding their lives at their own pace, in a culturally sensitive environment.

We promote awareness and understanding of the dynamics of family violence within the multicultural perspectives to professionals working with immigrant families. We offer educational programs within the multicultural communities about the dynamics of family violence and alternative models of treatment.

We offer:


Individual and/or group counselling support to women in situations of family violence prior to, during, and after their stay in a transition house.
Supportive services to women from situations of family violence, in collaboration with the legal and social systems.
Supportive counselling and referral for immigrant and visible minority women who have been victimized by sexual assault and who are adult survivors of sexual abuse.
Specialized Victim Assistance Services to women, children and youth who are victims of abuse/assault.
Individual and/or group counselling support to children who witness abuse.
Volunteer training program to develop organizing and leadership skills for women who have experienced violence.
Educational programs within the multicultural communities regarding the dynamics of family violence and alternative models of treatment.
Consultation and educational programs to professionals working with visible minority women in situations of family violence.

LANGUAGES

Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Japanese, Tagalog, Visayan, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Farsi (Persian), Amharic, Tigrania, Arabic.

For more information please contact us

@ VLMFSS (604)-436-1025 or email us againstviolence@vlmfss.ca

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