Learning to cook in transit

Newcomers would arrive with not a penny to their names and just the clothing on their backs. The office not only served as a welcoming hub for fleeing refugees, but a conference hall where they would hear news of what was happening in Tigray, receive letters from home, transfer money back to Tigray and fundraise for the war efforts. As newcomers arrived, they would sleep and eat in the office until proper accommodation could be found. There were army forces of volunteers cooking to feed hundreds of people coming in and out of the office. Payment was optional, with newcomers being fed for free and those with work paying what they could afford.