Tiyya

At Flavors From Afar, Refugees Run the Kitchen | Bon Appétit

"Founded in 2010 by a mother-and-daughter team to support families of refugees, immigrants, and displaced Indigenous communities, this nonprofit focuses on easing transitions into a new country and amplifying refugee talent—especially immigrant women as the originators of traditional dishes. It discovers and connects refugee chefs to culinary opportunities, runs programming for families, and maintains a self-sustaining relationship with a partner restaurant that donates 40 percent of profits to its work. The organization emphasizes creating peer-to-peer dialogue and centering joy and culture over trauma, though its operations have had to reckon with the emotional toll of retelling painful refugee experiences, which in one case triggered the co-founder’s PTSD." - ByKaila Yu