Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire (BCNH)

To create enduring legacy for future generation of Bhutanese Community in New Hampshire through stewardship of Bhutanese heritage

Harvesting mustard greens in the community gardens

Welcome to BCNH


The Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire (BCNH) is a community-based not for profit organization founded in 2010 to help New Americans living in the state of New Hampshire to achieve a better quality of life. The BCNH strives to achieve this goal through need-based community development projects in the state of New Hampshire. Its role is to support and empower needy individuals and families and provide direction for successful integration into the mainstream community. Read More ...

Summer Camp Project

Realizing the importance of offering extra help to Bhutanese students for them to excel in their studies and to improve their English skills, the Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire (BCNH) in partnership with the New England Farm Workers Council launched summer camp project as a pilot program in July & August, 2012. The program was focused on helping students advance their English (vocabulary, writing, comprehension) skills, assisting with SATs, ACTs, TOEFL and all other college entrance preparation classes. In addition to that, this summer program also had mentoring classes, exploring careers sessions, researching lessons, leadership training, event planning and management classes, field trips, speeches from inspirational people to address the needs of the students.Read more...

News
Refugees deserve warm welcome

Mayor Donnalee Lozeau concluded her annual State of the City address in February, as she often does, praising the community’s collective spirit. The city rates among the country’s best, she said, because community members share common goals and neighbors look out for each other.

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State lawmakers learn about refugee resettlement...

CONCORD – Ralph Gerenz’s mother came to the United States as a Hungarian immigrant when she was young. She spoke no English and was placed in a school where many other children were facing the same challenge.

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Concord High student from Nepal wins Gates Foundation scholarship

Ganesh Sharma, a 19-year-old Concord High School student from Nepal, has big plans for his future, including working with hypersonic jet engines and joining with humanitarian organizations to help better prepare students from the Indian subcontinent for careers in engineering and math.

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Is Bhutan’s GNH inclusive?

Bhutan, a tiny Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between two super powers India and China, has gained popularity after introducing a new development measure, Gross National Happiness (GNH), in recent years. The fourth monarch of Bhutan, Jigme Singey Wangchuck, introduced it in the early 1990s along with his...

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Federal grants approved to help elderly refugees in New Hampshire

Mon Timsina communicates volumes with her nimble hands. She waves one at the window when she talks about her friends in Concord, or about the long journeys she used to make from her farm in Bhutan to religious sites. Then she gently, slowly rubs her knees when she talks about how it’s getting harder and harder for her and her friends to get around.
Timsina is 73, and most of her friends in Concord are also elderly refugees who resettled here from Bhutan. And though they can communicate a lot with a gesture and a smile, they can’t speak English, even though they try to learn.

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अष्ट्रेलियामा नेपाली पहिचानको सामुहिक भवन

अष्ट्रेलिया, माघ १४ - आफ्नै पहिचान सहितको सामुदायिक भवन निर्माणमा जुटेका नेपाली हरुले अष्ट्रेलियाको सिड्नीमा जग्गा खरिद गरेका छन् । सिड्नीको ब्यस्तमध्येमा पर्ने शहर ग्रानभिलमा नेपाली हरुले २५ सय वर्गमिटर क्षेत्रफल भएको जग्गा करिब ६ करोड रुपैयाँको लगानीमा खरिद गरेका हुन् ।

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गोर्खाल्यान्ड आन्दोलन फेरि चर्किंदै

सिलिगुडी (भारत), माघ १३ - गोर्खाल्यान्ड आन्दोलन फेरि चर्किएको छ । पछिल्लो पटक करिब ४४ महिना लामो आन्दोलनको समाप्तिपछि गोर्खाल्यान्ड क्षेत्रीय प्रशासन (जीटीए) गठन भई विकास निर्माणका गतिविधि सुरु हुनै लाग्दा पश्चिम बंगालको दार्जिलिङमा गोर्खाल्यान्डको माग चर्किएको हो ।

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Seniors honored in New Hampshire

The Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire (BCNH) honored 104 seniors from three different cities-Concord, Manchester and Laconia amidst a special function in New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, NH, Tuesday.

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Nepali Learning Project

Nepali Learning Project Nepali Learning Project was launched from May 2011in Concord and from August 2012 in Manchester by Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire (BCNH) with an objective of preserving and promoting Nepali language, literature, culture, arts and heritage. Read more ...

English & Civics Learning Project

English & Civics Learning Project Bhutanese are the most peace loving and patriotic people in the world. They never react on the atrocities of the government even when they lost everything. They rather left their own country for the sake of king’s happiness and spent the most pathetic refugee life for over two decades. Read more ...

Honoring High School Graduates

Honoring High School Graduates The Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire (BCNH) strongly believes that education is a key to success no matter where you live. Education can never be stolen nor can it be destroyed. It is a matter of fact that education helps break the intergenerational cycle of poverty... Read more ...

Deepawali Celebration

Deepawali Celebration The Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire (BCNH) has organized and performed Deusi-Bhaili program on the auspicious occasion of Deepawali, 2069 BS (October 2012) in the state of New Hampshire. Read more ...

Bhanu Jayanti Celebration

Bhanu Jayanti Celebration The Bhutanese community of New Hampshire celebrated 199th Bhanu Jayanti on July 21st 2012. It was organized by BCNH. Open poem competition was held on the judgment of Rajesh koirala and Devi Khanal. This competition was to bolster and upgrade our Nepali literature. Read more ...


Fire in Bhutanese Refugee Camp

The Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire (BCNH) is well aware that emergencies knock down everyone across the board and they require prompt action and response to reduce further damage.  More details ...

Documentary about the story of the Bhutanese Refugees that follows the community from the camps in Nepal to the United States. Filmed by New Hampshire filmmaker Doria Bramante's Read More...

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510 Chestnut Street
Manchester NH 03101
Phone: 603-232-1829
E-mail: bcnh@bhutanesecommunitynh.org 
Website: www.BhutaneseCommunitynh.Org

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