Nonprofits with experience helping refugees teamed up this week to help people in Ukraine by selling tamales that will raise money to feed families in that war zone.
“Food is love, food is what brings people together,” said Lizette Diaz, a staff member in charge of donor outreach for Ayudando Latinos a Soñar .
Refugees are receiving meals from the on-the-ground distribution network, World Central Kitchen. The tamales are handmade and, over the course of three days, volunteers made 1,500 and sold out. The effort so far has raised $10,000 for Ukraine. Sanchez spent time at the border waiting to come into the U.S. He is grateful for the chance to pay it forward to others who are now experiencing the same challenges leaving Ukraine.
These nonprofits work all year to help refugees from Latin America. Volunteers know the impact they make each day with families coming across the border and said they had to act with this conflict in Europe.