To mark Refugee Week 2024, Clear Voice hosted a celebration of the power both food and interpreting have to make people feel at home. We invited guests to attend a cookery class, delivered by the fantastic charity Migrateful.

The class was taught by Hero, a Kurdish chef from Northern Iraq, and she was assisted by Golzar, a Kurdish Sorani interpreter who works with Clear Voice.

Our guests were taught how to prepare a range of Kurdish dishes from Hero's own recipes and once the cooking was done, we enjoyed the gorgeous food together, family style.

Language and food have an incredible ability to transport us. They remind how diverse the world is; all the people and experiences we can learn from. And ultimately, they remind us how rewarding welcoming and supporting this diversity is. This is what Refugee Week is all about.