Habiba Ratansi: ‘Community kitchen’ cooking up successes

A food-preparation program run by the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion’s (BACI) outreach department has been enhancing life skills, promoting healthy eating and creating friendships in the eight years since it began, says support worker Habiba Ratansi.

The program sees a group of about 10 people who meet on Mondays and Wednesdays to learn the basics of cooking in an interactive environment.

Habiba says the “community kitchen” is helping people enhance their independence by learning how to make sandwiches, salads and pizzas.

To enhance nutritional benefits, fresh veggies are added to canned soups.

Habiba says a major success stemming from the program is that participants are taking the skills they’re learning in class home, where they prepare meals for themselves and their families.

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