Within months of arriving, the Hadhad's resurrected their chocolate business - with a meaningful new name - and now they're creating happiness AND jobs !
The full story at: http://www.thesoulbooth.com/the-soul-booth-podcast/2017/7/23/tareq-hadhad-a-long-way-from-damascus
Read More“We didn’t come here to take anybody’s job,” Hadhad said. “We’ve just come here to create jobs and to contribute to the community of Antigonish that really helped us since the beginning.”
Read MoreWe Are Hiring!
The Hadhad family will be hiring full-time staff positions for Peace by chocolate.
Positions will start in early August, 2017.
Please forward a cover letter and resume by Friday, July 28th to our official email: feedback@peacebychocolate.ca
Or drop off your cover letter at:
Peace by Chocolate main store
32 Bay street Antigonish, NS.
Successful applicants only will be contacted for an interview.
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."
Read More"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.