00:00So that could be because they're not confident with their English language, they're legally
00:28barred from working, so we support quite a lot of people that they have to wait until
00:33they get their asylum status before they can work, and as a charity we can support them
00:37through that process, and then when they get their right to work we get to pay them to
00:41teach the classes.
00:46The participants that come to our cookery classes are often people that love international
00:51cuisine, they're really excited to learn how to cook very authentic dishes taught by someone
00:56from that country, and they're often people that have never actually spoken to a refugee
01:01before, they haven't heard their stories, and that's where we see our impact is in shifting
01:08negative attitudes to migration.
01:19When I see people or a group of people they're eating the food and it's like you get connection
01:23with the people, you learn about their culture, you learn about something they do in their
01:30life and you learn something from them as well, which is really good that I like about
01:38the cooking and eating together with the people.
01:58The challenges I faced, first when I came here you're not allowed to study for six months,
02:04so you can't even work, you just stay at home, and it's really hard for me, then I
02:10found the Migrateful, then I joined the community and it just changed some of my daily routines
02:17and then I was just doing classes and I was very happy.
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