We provide a 12-week Culinary Training job development program.

Though open to all, there is a focus on providing support for those with "barriers to employment”.

We have worked with those who are: formerly homeless or in the shelter system, re-entrants to the Community from incarceration or in Justice Diversion programs, Veterans, Youth, lacking legal employment documentation, unemployed/ underemployed, have substance use/mental health issues and asylees.

We introduce Trainees to the basics of culinary work: foods, cooking techniques, cuisines, equipment, practical aspects (invoices, recipes & scaling). We also focus on Life Skills: Meditation, Yoga, T'ai Chi, Relaxation, Nutrition & Herbal Alternatives to help the Trainees in the job field plus their daily lives.

Mandala Kitchens is also a Catering company staffed by Trainees & Graduates from the Culinary Training program as well as others from the Community. It provides part-time employment plus on-the-job Training.

Since 2016, we have been providing a free weekly Community meal in Harlem. Each Wednesday, we hand out meals to all our Neighbors.

We resumed our meal in May, 2020.

Since then, we have bagged & handed out over 69,000 meals. We have also provided over 9100 hours of Volunteer opportunities.