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The Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio (BCCO) is a community-based non-profit organization founded in 2009. It became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 2012. The BCCO is dedicated to helping the newly resettled Bhutanese refugee population. along with those new Bhutanese Americans who have been in the U.S. for several years. We are a vibrant, open, and very diverse community. The Bhutanese community encompasses different religions, languages, experiences and sub-cultural groups within itself.
The BCCO offers post-resettlement direct services to recently arrived refugees from Bhutan and a small number from other countries, as well as ongoing programming, classes, events, activities, mentoring and leadership to the broader refugee community to help strengthen their transition into their new home. The majority of our clients are referred to the BCCO from resettlement agencies like the Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS) after their 90-day initial resettlement period, as well as from the Franklin County Office of Job and Family Services, other social service agencies, local schools, and hospitals. The BCCO wants to build a relationship with other communities through cultural exchange, language and learning, and through partnership building.
As proud Bhutanese-American citizens, we aspire to become part of the mainstream culture and contribute much to Ohio and America, while at the same time preserving our cultural values, language, and traditions.
It is estimated that up to 30,000 Bhutanese-Nepali individuals have settled here in the Greater Columbus area through secondary migration and primary migration since 2008. This is the largest concentration of Bhutanese-Americans now found outside of the country of Bhutan.
These former refugees have found a welcoming home in Central Ohio, where they can pursue the opportunities and freedoms of America, work hard and contribute, strive to buy an affordable home, earn a college degree, build a more prosperous future for themselves and their families, and be part of a growing supportive Bhutanese American Community, with the BCCO as a trusted anchor.
An American Story
The Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio (BCCO) is a community-based non-profit organization founded in 2009. It became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 2012. The BCCO is dedicated to helping the newly resettled Bhutanese refugee population. along with those new Bhutanese Americans who have been in the U.S. for several years. We are a vibrant, open, and very diverse community. The Bhutanese community encompasses different religions, languages, experiences and sub-cultural groups within itself.
The BCCO offers post-resettlement direct services to recently arrived refugees from Bhutan and a small number from other countries, as well as ongoing programming, classes, events, activities, mentoring and leadership to the broader refugee community to help strengthen their transition into their new home. The majority of our clients are referred to the BCCO from resettlement agencies like the Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS) after their 90-day initial resettlement period, as well as from the Franklin County Office of Job and Family Services, other social service agencies, local schools, and hospitals. The BCCO wants to build a relationship with other communities through cultural exchange, language and learning, and through partnership building.
As proud Bhutanese-American citizens, we aspire to become part of the mainstream culture and contribute much to Ohio and America, while at the same time preserving our cultural values, language, and traditions.
It is estimated that up to 30,000 Bhutanese-Nepali individuals have settled here in the Greater Columbus area through secondary migration and primary migration since 2008. This is the largest concentration of Bhutanese-Americans now found outside of the country of Bhutan.
These former refugees have found a welcoming home in Central Ohio, where they can pursue the opportunities and freedoms of America, work hard and contribute, strive to buy an affordable home, earn a college degree, build a more prosperous future for themselves and their families, and be part of a growing supportive Bhutanese American Community, with the BCCO as a trusted anchor.