Bengali Information and Employment Services (BIES)
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to promote people’s well-being by providing them with appropriate information, tools, and techniques to navigate through community resources and opportunities, learn know-how, and get the courage they need. Our mandated objectives are to address and prevent problems faced by youth by providing structured programs directed toward resolving these problems; to benefit the public by providing settlement support services to refugees and new immigrants and to advance education by providing courses, workshops, and meetings on mental health.
About This Cause
Bengali Information and Employment Services (BIES), a Toronto-based nonprofit charitable agency was established on December 14, 2011, by a group of newcomers with a passion for helping each other in a new country. The founding members took their first initiative by forming a volunteering organization to serve the community with the necessary information on employment and settlement. This group now has numerous active members. BIES started its works at the heart of Toronto’s Bengali-speaking communities, living in the Danforth and Victoria Park area in the city of Toronto, all the members and the organization itself has always been very attached to its roots. From the very beginning, the organization has been involved with many cultural events and employment support initiatives. The group members and the board have progressed with setting more goals and the numbers list kept growing and so did its activities. From helping with employment opportunities, immigrants’ credential assessment for college admission and training centers, and schooling, to job searches, and resume writing, BIES has always been with the community to assist. The first concern for most newcomers is employment for smooth settlement. Therefore, BIES became a source of information on employment from the very beginning of its journey in a new country. Now it has expanded its activities including senior support, youth support mental health promotion, fighting gender-based violence in the community, and so on. The primary purpose of BIES was to promote and uphold community spirit and reduce unemployment among new immigrants, belonging to the Bengali community in Ontario. BIES eventually started serving members of all communities living in Toronto to promote their well-being and have prosperous lives as Canadians.