Digital cookbook celebrates Canadian refugees marking 70th UNHCR anniversary
Posted December 14, 2020 11:31 am.
Last Updated December 14, 2020 2:00 pm.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR ) is out with a free digital cookbook made up of contributions from those who fled their country of origin to make a new home in Canada.
The “Tastes from Home” cookbook marks the 70th Anniversary of the UNHCR and consists of more than 100 pages of recipes and photos submitted by refugees.
To celebrate Canada's refugees – and just in time for @UNHCRCanada's 70th Anniversary – there's a free digital cookbook available for download. "Tastes from Home" includes more than 100 pages of recipes and photos from people who left their country of origin to come to Canada. pic.twitter.com/oZKn2jTg8T
— Ria Renouf ???? (@riarenouf) December 14, 2020
For every download, an anonymous donor will make a donation to support refugees and families.
“This is your opportunity to experience the rich cultural backgrounds and traditions of former refugees through the food that has special meaning to them,” reads the UNHCR website.
???? Today, we're launching our first cookbook, “Tastes from Home: Recipes from the Refugee Community.” For every copy downloaded, an anonymous supporter will be making a donation to UNHCR in support of refugees. #CookWithRefugees
Get your FREE copy now! https://t.co/Ds67dfhFU9 pic.twitter.com/NB472w4LMO
— UNHCR Canada ???????? (@UNHCRCanada) December 14, 2020
UNHCR’s Canadian representative said 2020 will go down as the worst for refugee resettlement in recent history. Given border and travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of displaced people are stuck, unable to return to their home country or go to a new home.
Canada did accept a few emergency cases, but had planned to resettle around 30,000 refugees in 2020.
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By the end of September, just under 6,000 had arrived.
The UNHCR was created to help displaced Europeans after the Second World War and originally was only supposed to exist for a few years.
