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Month: April 2022

Free healthy grocery deliveries kept her community fed through the pandemic, but this chef’s battle against food insecurity is far from over

By Meg Dunn, CNN When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Kim Calichio and her husband, like many people, saw their lives change overnight. A former restaurant chef, Calichio had built a cooking and gardening business that halted completely, leaving her with no income. Her husband, Omar, also a chef, continued his restaurant job, working in close

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Free healthy grocery deliveries kept her community fed through the pandemic, but this chef’s battle against food insecurity is far from over

CNN By Meg Dunn, CNN When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Kim Calichio and her husband, like many people, saw their lives change overnight. A former restaurant chef, Calichio had built a cooking and gardening business that halted completely, leaving her with no income. Her husband, Omar, also a chef, continued his restaurant job, working in

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Russia or die: After weeks under Putin’s bombs, these Ukrainians were given only one way out

By Eliza Mackintosh, Oleksandra Ochman, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase, Teele Rebane and Anastasia Graham-Yooll, CNN Lviv, Ukraine — When Russian forces and allied separatist soldiers arrived offering a path to safety, it felt like a sick twist of fate. It was mid-March and residents in Mariupol had spent weeks in freezing, damp basements, hiding from

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