The World Human Rights & Development (WHRD) is a not-for-profit organization based in New York City. The World Human Rights & Development was founded in 1997 to emphasis and campaign for education, health care, shelter, food and legal support for vulnerable people. WHRD works primarily within the Bangladeshi community living in New York City. The organization aims to work in the following areas:
- organize non-political, social and cultural programs
- help Bangladeshi community to integrate into the American society
- educate people against fanatic religious believes
- educate people about the domestic violence
- educate people about the danger of climate change
- provide counseling, job referrals, job training
- help rehabilitate family and community members
- fight for equal opportunity and human rights
- help disadvantages families, undocumented and prison-locked immigrants
- secure the national interest of USA by fighting terrorism, etc.
Services offered by World Human Rights & Development:
- Social security disability
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Food stamp/EBT application assistance
- Tenant rights
- Section-8 housing
- DACA help
- Asylum assistance
- I-130 petition etc.