Team stories: Husna

I was born in Eritrea and lived as a refugee in Sudan for 40 years, where my four sons were born. 

I came to Christchurch nearly 20 years ago with my boys. I love Christchurch, even when the earthquakes happened [in 2010/2011] and some people from my community moved away and said I should go - I didn’t. I stayed. This is my home.

I love to cook injera (the traditional Eritrean sourdough flatbread) and I love eating any dish with chicken in it! I always like to eat meat.

My biggest learning at Share Kai has been serving individual portions and cooking for a set number of servings. In our community people eat from the same shared plate and we always just cook a lot! We don’t ever want anyone to miss out.

I love seeing people sharing a tasting plate at Share Kai events, eating from the same plate together like her community. This makes me happy, seeing people learning about Eritrea and liking our food.

Husna, June 2024.