'We've been going to other areas to do volunteerism, but we decided to do things different this year,'
HOM president Gianna Montinola said.
Having learnt his trade by working at his uncle's Chinese restaurant from the age of 11, Ken
Hom originally taught Italian cooking classes in California to pay for his university fees.
In the past decade,
Hom has lent her talents to numerous community outreach groups for program and resource development, and she now serves as Board Chair for the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice and the California Community Partnerships Manager for the National Gender and Equity Campaign.
Ken
Hom's Hot Wok (BBC Worldwide) is now available from most good bookstores for pounds 12.99.
"I would go to the gym every single day to gain (muscle) back and now I want to start again, have my starting position back, and be a team leader," said
Hom, who also did physical therapy for over three months.
The source pointed to the Syrian Army's military operations to clean up the remaining ISIL terrorists in the Northeastern part of al-Aqirbat in Eastern
Homs, and said the Syrian Army troops are preparing for new battle against the ISIL on the road leading to Deir Ezzur.
According to the BBC, the evacuation marks the end of three years of resistance in
Homs.
By the evening, around 600 fighters had boarded several batches of buses that departed from a police command center on the edge of
Homs' rebel-held areas, heading north.
Hundreds of Syrian rebels have started to evacuate their bastions in the central city of
Homs on Wednesday under the conditions of a ceasefire deal struck last week with the government, opposition activists and the governor of the besieged city reported.
HOMS, Syria -- Isolated and battered after months of bombardment and blockades, Syrian rebels agreed Friday to a cease-fire that would allow hundreds of fighters to evacuate their last bastions in
Homs, handing over to President Bashar Assad's forces a strategic but largely destroyed city once hailed as the capital of the revolution.