• News
    • Latest news
    • News search
    • Health
    • Finance
    • Food
    • Career news
    • Content series
    • Focus areas
    • Try Devex Pro
  • Jobs
    • Job search
    • Post a job
    • Employer search
    • CV Writing
    • Upcoming career events
    • Try Career Account
  • Funding
    • Funding search
    • Funding news
  • Talent
    • Candidate search
    • Devex Talent Solutions
  • Events
    • Upcoming and past events
    • Partner on an event
  • Post a job
  • About
      • About us
      • Membership
      • Newsletters
      • Advertising partnerships
      • Devex Talent Solutions
      • Contact us
Join DevexSign in
Join DevexSign in

News

  • Latest news
  • News search
  • Health
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Career news
  • Content series
  • Focus areas
  • Try Devex Pro

Jobs

  • Job search
  • Post a job
  • Employer search
  • CV Writing
  • Upcoming career events
  • Try Career Account

Funding

  • Funding search
  • Funding news

Talent

  • Candidate search
  • Devex Talent Solutions

Events

  • Upcoming and past events
  • Partner on an event
Post a job

About

  • About us
  • Membership
  • Newsletters
  • Advertising partnerships
  • Devex Talent Solutions
  • Contact us
  • My Devex
  • Update my profile % complete
  • Account & privacy settings
  • My saved jobs
  • Manage newsletters
  • Support
  • Sign out
Latest newsNews searchHealthFinanceFoodCareer newsContent seriesFocus areasTry Devex Pro
    • News
    • Localization

    19 local organizations to watch: PichaEats

    A Malaysian catering business training refugees to become chefs.

    By Devex Editor // 13 November 2024

    Related Stories

    School meals surge to half a billion children, but gains are fragile
    School meals surge to half a billion children, but gains are fragile
    Asia is fighting malnutrition by turbocharging fortified rice production
    Asia is fighting malnutrition by turbocharging fortified rice production
    From camps to crops: US aid cuts reshape refugee life in Thailand
    From camps to crops: US aid cuts reshape refugee life in Thailand
    How Africa’s development job market is changing in 2026
    How Africa’s development job market is changing in 2026

    PichaEats is a catering business that enables refugees to provide home-cooked meals. It trains refugees to become professional chefs while the organization handles the remaining business elements — from designing the menus and packaging, running branding and marketing, and arranging logistics to deliver the food cooked by the chefs.

    The organization’s services include catered events, gift boxes, and food delivery. It also offers “Picha Experiences” such as open houses where customers are welcomed into a chef’s home to meet their family, learn their story, and enjoy a home-cooked meal together.

    In contrast to typical catering companies, it trains refugees as chefs to provide income-generating opportunities to disenfranchised groups.  

    This article is free to read - just register or sign in

    Access news, newsletters, events and more.

    Join usSign in
    • Agriculture & Rural Development
    • Humanitarian Aid
    • Private Sector
    • Social/Inclusive Development
    • Careers & Education
    • PichaEats
    • Malaysia
    Printing articles to share with others is a breach of our terms and conditions and copyright policy. Please use the sharing options on the left side of the article. Devex Pro members may share up to 10 articles per month using the Pro share tool ( ).

    About the author

    • Devex Editor

      Devex Editor

      Thanks a lot for your interest in Devex News. To share news and views, story ideas and press releases, please email editor@devex.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

    Search for articles

    Related Stories

    Food SystemsRelated Stories - School meals surge to half a billion children, but gains are fragile

    School meals surge to half a billion children, but gains are fragile

    Food SystemsRelated Stories - Asia is fighting malnutrition by turbocharging fortified rice production

    Asia is fighting malnutrition by turbocharging fortified rice production

    Migration and DisplacementRelated Stories - From camps to crops: US aid cuts reshape refugee life in Thailand

    From camps to crops: US aid cuts reshape refugee life in Thailand

    Devex Career EventRelated Stories - How Africa’s development job market is changing in 2026

    How Africa’s development job market is changing in 2026

    Most Read

    • 1
      Ending HIV globally requires action in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
    • 2
      How the global south can finance AI infrastructure on its own terms
    • 3
      Inside the USAID closeout mess
    • 4
      One year on: Is Africa’s surgical equity push delivering real change?
    • 5
      Exclusive: US seeks to scrap UN efforts to expand women's rights
    • News
    • Jobs
    • Funding
    • Talent
    • Events

    Devex is the media platform for the global development community.

    A social enterprise, we connect and inform over 1.3 million development, health, humanitarian, and sustainability professionals through news, business intelligence, and funding & career opportunities so you can do more good for more people.

    • About us
    • Membership
    • Newsletters
    • Advertising partnerships
    • Devex Talent Solutions
    • Post a job
    • Careers at Devex
    • Contact us
    © Copyright 2000 - 2026 Devex|User Agreement|Privacy Statement