Boston Bangla Center is a charitable non-profit organization with 501(C)3 statuses and focuses on delivering services to Asian Americans (with special focus to Bangladeshi community) that have immigrated to the United States and are living in the greater Boston area in Massachusetts.
The organization delivers an array of services designed to improve the life of Asian Americans and help them succeed in their transition to life in America. The organization potentially serves any person in the greater Boston community, but will initially focus on Asian Americans who have migrated, and have been coming from Asian countries to the greater Boston area through Diversity Visas, i.e. OP, OP-1, and DV-1 Lottery Visas, H1 visas, Student visas etc. The immigrants then become American citizens and often bring over their parents, wives, and children from respective countries to the greater Boston area.
Following is a summary of services Boston Bangla Center initially offers:
- Teach English language
- Introduce American culture, food, dress, manners, courtesy, basic rules and regulation needed for daily life
- Teach basic immigration laws
- Education and job searching skills
- Training for job interviews
- Basic job training
- Small business formation information
- Housing advice and assistance
- Transportation assistance
- How to use computer, modern appliances and electronics equipments,
- Publish bi-lingual books, news papers and information catalogs.
Boston Bangla Center will also, in future years, add an elderly daycare and cultural center for immigrants communities.