A man who fled war-torn Syria set up his own catering business and is raising money to help out after the earthquake in Syria and Turkey.
Mahmod Al-Mostafa, 60, left Syria in 2013 and arrived in the UK in 2013, living for a while in Sheffield before moving to Liverpool in 2014. He left Syria as he was opposed to "going to war against his own people", as he was in the army, claimed asylum in the UK and was granted refugee status in 2016.
Mahmod started his catering business, Castle Falafel in 2020 but was delayed in running it until July 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. From the van he operates outside the Al-Rahma Mosque in Toxteth, on February 10, all sales will be sent to help provide urgent supplies to those who have lost their homes, family, friends and livelihoods as the death toll continues to rise above 30,000
