On World Refugee Day, cuisines from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Myanmar, came together in Chennai

On World Refugee Day, cuisines from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Myanmar, came together in Chennai

From the Sri Lankan kitchen at the Refugee Food Festival, Chennai. Where there is food, there is hope. The cobbled pathways of Semmozhi Poonga transformed into a packed fete, as several asylum seekers from Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, offered Chennaites a delectable variety of traditional delicacies from their homeland on June 24 and 25, … Read more

Sri Lankan refugee women bring culinary delicacies to a food festival in Chennai

Sri Lankan refugee women bring culinary delicacies to a food festival in Chennai

Olai Puttu, a restaurant based in Thoothukudi, specialises in traditional Sri Lankan food prepared by women from refugee camps in and around Thoothukudi. It is supported by NGOs Organisation For Elangai Refugees Rehabilitation (OfERR), UNHCR and Tamil Nadu Government. It serves dishes such an puttu, idiyappam and meen kuzhambu prepared by the women. | Photo … Read more

World Refugee Day: “Together we heal, learn, and shine”; 82.4 million people have moved in 2020

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UN Refugee Agency has set the theme for World Refugee Day 2021 as “Together we heal, learn, and shine”. As the world continues to fight the impact of Coronavirus since 2020, the climate change and other global crisis, a large number of human population has been fleeing violence, persecution, human rights violation and wars. Almost … Read more