Today we speak with Azzam, coordinator of the association Raíces, who work on the integration of immigrants into the community. Azzam is originally from Palestine and after many years living in other EU countries, he came and settled in Ronda in 2001. He began working with Raíces eight years ago and is talking to us today about the organisation and their gastronomic event.
What is Raíces? What does the association do?
Raíces is an association which aims for the integration of immigrants into the community of Ronda. In the association we offer FREE Spanish courses to people from Western Sahara and Morocco. We also work with a social worker from La Cruz Roja (The red cross) to provide legal advice to foreigners, if they have issues with things such as right of residency. We are quite a relaxed group, we don’t have official meetings but we meet up now and then to discuss different things and plan events.
I’ve been living in this lovely area of Western Andalucia for the last 20 years or so and dedicate most of my time to the running of English language tourist information websites for the towns of Cádiz, Ronda, Grazalema, the famous or infamous Caminito del Rey, and also Wildside Holidays, which promotes sustainable and eco-friendly businesses running wildlife and walking holidays in Spain. My articles contain affiliate links that will help you reserve a hotel, bus, train or activity in the area. You don’t pay more, but by using them you do support this website. Thankyou!
Escuela Entrelenguas invites you all to the International Gastronomy Event (fifth edition) which will be carried out on Saturday the 8th April from 1 pm to 5pm in our centre (Calle Espíritu Santo, 9) in Ronda, in collaboration with the organisation Raíces. In this occasion, we will also have the pleasure of having the collaboration of the Red Cross, to whom we would like to take the opportunity to thank.
As some of you already know, the reason for this meeting is to raise money and help different groups that are in a disadvantaged situation. In this case, and following the suggestion of Azzam Qasrawi (president of the association Raíces, with whom we always organize this event), it has been decided to donate all the money collected to the kids from Yemen.
The event will run as in previous editions: people from different countries will cook international dishes in the form of tapas, and visitors will be able to try them all at one or two Euros. Cool, hum? Plus our local…
I’ve been living in this lovely area of Western Andalucia for the last 20 years or so and dedicate most of my time to the running of English language tourist information websites for the towns of Cádiz, Ronda, Grazalema, the famous or infamous Caminito del Rey, and also Wildside Holidays, which promotes sustainable and eco-friendly businesses running wildlife and walking holidays in Spain. My articles contain affiliate links that will help you reserve a hotel, bus, train or activity in the area. You don’t pay more, but by using them you do support this website. Thankyou!
