SCMP’s Young Post News highlights The Displaced Cookbook!

On July 23, Rhea Mogul highlighted the cookbook by teenager, Chloe Yau, in the SCMP’s Young Post News. The book is a fundraiser for our work with refugees and asylum seekers.

Chloe is 15 years-old, and has produced the first cookbook that not only includes recipes, but also refugee stories. She is a student at United World College, Costa Rica.

Despite juggling online classes, homework and tests, Chloe made the most of the corona virus shut-down by conducting interviews, then writing, designing and publishing The Displaced Cookbook. It includes untold refugee stories and ethnic recipes.

Chloe says, “Food is a celebration of culture and love. That’s why I thought a cookbook would be the perfect way to showcase Hong Kong’s vibrant asylum seeker and refugee community. I want to reduce the discrimination and alienation faced by refugees, and get rid of the negative perceptions that some Hong Kong people have of them. They have a lot skills and have so much to offer society. More than anything else they just want to be accepted.”

The spur for her work came when Chloe began talking with refugee women who are seeking asylum in Hong Kong. She said, “Speaking with the refugees really made me want to help them. I wanted to share their personal stories with Hong Kong people to highlight the refugees’ bravery and perseverance.”

Her cookbook includes 8 personal stories of the women who are presently seeking asylum in Hong Kong. Each of the women shared a signature recipe from their homeland. Their personal experiences are also included in the book.

The book was published in collaboration with Christian Action Centre for Refugees, and Chloe plans to continue her association with Christian Action.

Click the link to the Young Post website to read the full article and order your copy of the cookbook here. Your purchase will benefit CA's work with refugees.

Support our us now by donating all or a portion of your HK$10,000 government handout, click here and select "10Kindness (Centre for Refugees)."