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Indian Immigrants and Veteran Players

i m: When you have people coming in as immigrants, it really important to engage them and help them become a part of the community and sports like this , said Abraham Somavarapha, director for development with the Nova Scotia Cricket Association, according to The Chronicle Herald. In the long term, there a huge role for organizations like the NSCA to take part in immigration programs and sport development programs. The provincial team for Nova Scotia is primarily composed of Indian immigrants who've moved to Canada fairly recently. The cricket community helps in more ways than helping immigrants adjust to Canada. I'm super impressed by the community they've developed, said Somavarapha, who been working with the NSCA for only a couple of months. Some more veteran players can help newcomers with language skills and have the connections to find them a good job. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.