World Central Kitchen has pioneered a new model of how international aid can work together with local capacity and initiative to meet humanitarian needs. In Ukraine, since the Russian invasion in early 2022, it has created a model for how to work in conflict conditions in a way that supports and nurtures the re-emergence of the local economy.

This particularly fascinates me because in earlier times, I worked on community development in a post-conflict society, and I know this kind of approach works very well.

“Within days of serving our first meals to Ukrainian families fleeing for safety, WCK began to build a network of restaurants that spanned the entire country, providing millions of meals to people in need,” World Central Kitchen said in its recent newsletter.