CNN features Peace by Chocolate in its story!
CNN features Peace by Chocolate saying:
"In Canada, one of the country's most talked-about -- and sought-after -- sweets companies is the product of a family's enormous loss.
Assam Hadhad launched Peace by Chocolate out of his kitchen in his adopted home of Antogonish in Nova Scotia after a missile struck his factory in Syria and his family finally decided to flee the danger and the death of the civil war. His family has now shared its story of displacement and new beginnings with audiences ranging from TED participants to the Canadian prime minister. As Assam's son Tareq, now studying in Canada after having been a medical student in Syria, says, "maybe we started from zero, but we brought our skills with us."
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CBC NEWS: Peace by Chocolate on Canada Day
"Love brings more love" ..
Many thanks to CBC News for the nice live interview with #PeacebyChocolate founder. Such an honor for our family to be featured on the National Canadian level celebrating the 150th birthday and pushing towards peace and reconciliation.
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"WE ARE THE CHANGE"!
Proud to have been mentioned at the "We Are The Change series"! Check out Peace by Chocolate part of national and international change-making
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Huffingntonpost : Peace by Chocolate - Canada's Hottest Chocolate company
-Peace by Chocolate- online store is running, selling assorted boxes of chocolates, molded into Middle Eastern symbols such as the Damascus rose, Egyptian pyramids, and patterns resembling Syrian architecture. Each piece is handmade with fair trade dark, white, or milk chocolate, as well as local organic honey, pure juices, nuts, fruits, and spices.
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Why we chose to be ( .ca ) ? Proud New Canadians!
On choosing a .CA
By choosing a .CA domain name, Hadhad says, he knew his website would be trusted and respected by his customers all around the world.
Even though Hadhad plans on expanding his business internationally, he says that the .CA will forever remain his domain of choice to show the world that Peace by Chocolate is proudly Canadian.
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Headlining The Human Rights Conference
Hadhad has been involved in campaigns to support youth entrepreneurial skills as well as helping Syrian refugees around the world.
The conference, "Living Together: Understanding Human Rights and Diversity and working towards reconciliation" is free and will be held at the University of Calgary
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The Chronicle Herald: Shipping to US is on Peace by Chocolate list
From a small shed in Antigonish, to a worldwide business, the Hadhad family will continue bringing messages of peace, and tasty treats to everyone they touch.
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Canada's National Museums celebrate Peace by Chocolate !
WE ARE SPEECHLESS!
In less than 18 months of being in Canada, now our story is being considered and celebrated as one of the remarkable Nova Scotian stories during the last couple of decades...
The Hadhads of Peace by Chocolate send much love and appreciation to this marvelous country as Proud Nova Scotians, Proud New Canadians!
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More internationally? Peace by Chocolate on The Guardian Newspaper
"He’s keenly aware that the family’s success has shone a spotlight on the family at a critical time. “All around the world now there is a negative environment towards refugees, towards Syrians who lost their homes and left their country,” said Tareq Hadhad
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راديو كندا: عائلة هدهد السوريّة تجربة ملهمة للسوريين في كندا
"شكرا لكم لكونكم مثالا استثنائيّا للقوّة والروح القياديّة والالتزام الذي يأتي مع استقدام أشخاص جدد إلى كندا"
بهذا الكلام توجّه رئيس الحكومة الكنديّة جاستن ترودو ترودو إلى عائلة هدهد السوريّة التي التقى اثنين من افرادها في مدينة سيدني في مقاطعة نوفا سكوشا.
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Peace by Chocolate shows value of Canadian ‘openness’
Thank you Canadian Press and Toronto Star Newspaper!
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Hadhad of Peace by Chocolate set to tour, inspire via Skype
“This is the message . . . if you offer the refugees a welcoming arm, kindness and support, they can succeed faster.” Said Tareq Hadhad to The Chronicle Herald
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LIVE FROM CTV IN TORONTO: a brief about Peace by Chocolate family
"Our family is here to contribute in the Canadian community and to be a shining example of determination"
Watch our live interview on CTV IN TORONTO
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We are on the American top media
A FAMILY OF SYRIAN REFUGEES HAVE LAUNCHED CANADA’S HOTTEST CHOCOLATE COMPANY
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Peace by Chocolate on BBC!
Check out the new short Peace by Chocolate documentary that got millions of views on BBC network around the world.
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Peace by Chocolate Documentary
The documentary highlights the tremendous support the family received from many residents of the community where they settled.
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PEACE BY CHOCOLATE UNITED NATIONS
A Syrian refugee whose family’s chocolate business in northern Nova Scotia was mentioned by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the United Nations last year says he was denied entry to the U.S. over the weekend.
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Nova Scotia's Syrian refugee chocolate maker turned away at U.S. border
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Syrian chocolate maker who brought his family business from his war-ravaged homeland to Canada says he has been denied entry into the United States where he had planned to meet with the governor of Vermont.
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Sweet success: How the Hadhads went from refugees to employers in 1 year
A Syrian family in Antigonish, N.S., says they're financially independent on their one-year anniversary in Canada, having made a sweet success of their start-up business...
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