In 2025, almost 4.5 million Ukrainians remain internally displaced. Most of them are women and children who fled occupied territories such as Mariupol — a city almost erased from the map by the Russian army, where they lost everything: their homes, their jobs, their community. Among them are also veterans and defenders returning from the front, seeking new ways to rebuild their lives. Our project, La Cantine de Marioupol, was created for them: not only to rebuild destroyed walls, but to restore lives and help heal the human soul.
La Cantine de Marioupol was created through a unique partnership with Chef Thierry Marx — a Michelin-starred chef and former French army paratrooper who served in Lebanon, where he was wounded by shrapnel — and with his schools network, Cuisine Mode d’Emploi(s).
Chef Marx knows both the discipline of professional kitchens and the weight of what soldiers carry. Working with Ukrainians who endured the horrors of war, this partnership offers more than training — it offers a pathway to rebuild themselves and to contribute to the rebuilding of their country.
