
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Facing the trauma of having to abandon your home because of war or climate change, how do you find solace in food that is no longer your own?
There are 10 million registered refugees in the world – probably many more - who are living this reality.
In this episode, Ruth Alexander speaks to two families – one Afghan, one Ukrainian - who know what it’s like to lose their food; and to Allison Oman Lawi, deputy director of nutrition at the World Food Programme.
If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: [email protected]
Presented by Ruth Alexander.
Produced by Rumella Dasgupta.
(Image: a selection of dishes enjoyed by an Afghan family living in the UK. Credit: BBC)
By BBC World Service4.7
325325 ratings
Facing the trauma of having to abandon your home because of war or climate change, how do you find solace in food that is no longer your own?
There are 10 million registered refugees in the world – probably many more - who are living this reality.
In this episode, Ruth Alexander speaks to two families – one Afghan, one Ukrainian - who know what it’s like to lose their food; and to Allison Oman Lawi, deputy director of nutrition at the World Food Programme.
If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: [email protected]
Presented by Ruth Alexander.
Produced by Rumella Dasgupta.
(Image: a selection of dishes enjoyed by an Afghan family living in the UK. Credit: BBC)

7,913 Listeners

863 Listeners

1,067 Listeners

5,576 Listeners

1,808 Listeners

977 Listeners

1,729 Listeners

1,018 Listeners

1,996 Listeners

580 Listeners

93 Listeners

259 Listeners

410 Listeners

102 Listeners

227 Listeners

363 Listeners

62 Listeners

471 Listeners

240 Listeners

143 Listeners

46 Listeners

3,245 Listeners

779 Listeners

1,010 Listeners