ABOUT US 

Welcome!


BACDYS (Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Services) was founded in 2009 by Misba Abdin and became the lead nonprofit organization in the City Line of East Brooklyn, New York. Our mission is to give low-income youth and adults in New York City the skills, confidence and knowledge they need to change their lives for the better, focusing on affordable housing, education, youth programs and entertainment.
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Community Garden 
"Happy To Grow" Project


With the help of our supporters and an excellent team of volunteers, BACDYS has transformed an abandoned Department of Transportation (DOT) plot into a beautiful community garden as recreational space. The community garden aims to encourage healthy food consumption to the residents of East New York. Organic vegetables are grown in the garden and distributed to the residents by the senior volunteers. As part of the youth environment education, they participate in planting and growing vegetables.

Our Annual Multicultural Festival


Our annual multicultural festival is a free community festival held each February in Canberra. The festival aims to bring families from diverse backgrounds together to learn and celebrate their rich cultures. This festival is sponsored by the ACT Government and is administered by the Community Participation Group Multicultural Affairs, which is a division of the ACT Government Community Services Directorate.

Our ESL Graduates


One of our main goals is to empower women to be independent and help themselves in their daily tasks. To do this, we provide free ESL classes that are open to the public. By attending these classes, students learn to speak, to write, and to read English more effectively.

Our Programs

ESL


Improved speaking, reading, and writing skills in English. Increased access to job and other opportunities

Youth Leadership & Afterschool


Improving youth leadership through capacity development and helping to prevent them from the risk of gangs or drugs. This has increased the adjustment of immigrant children at schools due to better social skills, improved grades, etc.

Beacon (PS214)


Improving the knowledge and skills of parents of school children on various life skills, including health

Girls Ignite/Safe Space


Our new pilot program empowering girls to lead a dignified life by enabling them to overcome barriers

Women Empowerment Community


An organized and empowered community of women working on community development (Deshi Women's Group)

Develop and Maintain Plaza


Improved assimilation by bringing people of all ethnicities together, provided space for street venders, intangible benefits, beautification of community, improved quality of environment and life, etc.

Community Garden


Improved plantation and flowering for beautification of community

Civic Engagement


An engaged community is an empowered community. Local elected officials and other community leaders often come to BACDYS to talk about issues impacting our clients. Clients can also take classes that help them prepare for their U.S. citizenship exam

Know Your Rights


Increased knowledge on rights and responsibilities, political awareness, improved political voice and agency of hard-to-reach marginalized immigrant communities. We educate our community on the importance of registering and voting

CLAP (Small Businesses)


Commercial Lease Assistance program is a new activity to assist small businesses

Multi-Cultural Festival


Improving cultural awareness and understanding between communities, reducing crime rate in the area, improved interaction between communities and elected officials, improved opportunities for small businesses, etc.

Coalition Building


New activity for building coalition between like-minded organizations to build program synergy
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