In the Mykolaiv region, Rokada continues providing new professional training for willing participants

“In particular, employees of school cafeterias and kindergartens joined the training. For each of them, it is not only an opportunity to improve their qualifications. It is primarily about the daily responsibility for what a child receives on their plate – healthy and delicious food. That is why during the course it was important to combine practice and general knowledge, understanding of current state regulations and requirements regarding healthy child nutrition, – explains Evgeniia Boikova, the education and training manager of Rokada regional office, and adds that the course is based on the HACCP food safety management system, which controls all stages: from raw material to consumption. – This system helps cooks working in educational institutions’ cafeterias prevent biological, chemical, and physical risks in food.”

“We prepared delicious and healthy lunches with less salt and sugar, using allowed spices, dry herbs, and berry sauces. We also practiced gluten-free and dietary menus for preschoolers and schoolchildren with special dietary needs. And with the help of a modern combi steamer, we mastered the steam, convection, and combined cooking modes, which allow preserving the nutritional properties of products,” – says Olha Bilyk, a cook at the local gymnasium.

The project Building resilience and supporting vulnerable individuals and organizations in southern Ukraine (BRAVE) is implemented by the Charity Foundation Rokada with the financial support of the German government through AWO International and Aktion Deutschland Hilft.