S03E21: Meals with Dignity. Food Scarcity in Greece

Fractured

Food insecurity comprises a major global public health threat. Its effects are detrimental to the mental, physical, and social aspects of the health and well-being of those experiencing it. According to the Food Insecurity in Greece and Across the Globe report, more than 900 million people worldwide experience severe food insecurity, with future projections showing increasing trends. One of the most vulnerable groups experiencing food scarcity are refugees and asylum seekers. The issue lies not only in the amount of food but also its quality. The food distributed in refugee camps lacks nutritious values and is far from being sufficient. This impacts refugees' everyday life but also their future as the lack of sufficient and nutritious food during early childhood has serious long-term negative implications on children's physical and cognitive development.

In today’s episode we discuss not only the problem, but also one of the solutions. Evelina Eskenazi - the Founder and Director of the Saffron Kitchen Project describes their approach to serving nutritious and dignifying meals.

SPECIAL GUEST: Evelina Eskenazi - Founder and Director of The Saffron Kitchen Project (SKP)

https://www.saffronkitchenproject.org/

S03E20 EPISODE GUIDE:

00:00:00 Intro and Title Sequence

00:01:39 Pt 01 Evelina Eskenazi

00:29:23 Saffron Kitchen Project promo

00:33:22 Pt 02 Evelina Eskenazi

00:58:20 Outro and Closing Credits

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PRODUCTION FAMILY:

Co-hosts: Sonia Nandzik-Herman, Rasheed Ghalli

Production Family:

Sude Fazlollah, Eli Fazlollah, Dawoud Nouri, Rasheed Ghalli,Lotta Luley, Federico Rinaldi, Dariia Stepanova

Citizen Journalists:

Yaser Taheri, Milad Ebrahimi, Yaser Akbari, Naqib Rasuli, Mohammad Ali Alami

Mentorship: Douglas Herman

Producers: Sonia Nandzik-Herman, Douglas Herman

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MUSIC:

Theme- "Intro for Legends" by Bonkers Beat Club (Epidemic Sound)

Additional- "Mogul" by Blue Steel (Epidemic Sound)

OUR PARTNERS:

Allianz Foundation, Choose Love,Aputure, Leave No One Behind, Europe Cares, Parea Center Lesvos

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To the extended ReFOCUS Family for their dedication, passion and creativity all year long. We’re not where we are today without all the effort from Florian Krauer, Louise Holm, Chryssa Kouroukli, Yaiza Pardinas, Matthew Goncalves O’Kelly, Jennifer Perez, Jule Pehnt, Majid Bakhshi, Nazanin Foroghi, Yaser Akbari, Dariia Stepanova, Paul “Al” Simon, Jaime Moro Saavedra, Joëlle Hübscher, Beni Rietmann, Jakob Mayr, Jurek Edel, Francisco Ibanez, Bart Van Son, Federico Bustamente, Myriam Rey, Lotta Luley and Federico Rinaldi.

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