Kobiety Wedrowne Foundation tackles this situation by creating opportunities for migrants to access dignified jobs. Today, the social enterprise directly works with 40 migrants and refugees. It especially focuses on women and families who experience housing and financial challenges and have difficulties accessing education, legal advice, and language support. By offering jobs, providing training and building community, the social enterprise reaches up to 300 people in the migrant and refugee community.
Its main line of business is Kobiety Wedrowne w Kuchni Konfliktu (“Kitchen of Conflict”) a bistro and a store in the seaside resort city of Sopot. The bistro shop provides quality and diverse vegan and vegetarian food. The menu includes dishes from the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Central Asia, offering refugees and migrants a safe space to eat and have open conversations.
Bistro-shop Kitchen of Conflict hires refugees to work in gastronomy, providing jobs in the kitchen and catering, as well as in running educational and culinary workshops. Refugees can sell their artisanal products and clothing at the bistro, which gives them a much needed alternative source of income.
Working with 30 local food suppliers, the social enterprise strives to reduce its carbon footprint. It screens its providers carefully, purchasing only from local, individual farmers and food producers that adopt sustainable practices and comply with labour laws, prioritising suppliers that have received certifications.
