Peace by Chocolate: Newcomers’ message | Tareq Hadhad | TEDxDalhousieU

Описание: Tareq Hadhad, discusses how his family's Chocolate Business helped them thrive in the uncertainty of having to flee Syria.

Tareq Hadhad, the founder of Peace by Chocolate, moved to Canada in December of 2015 as a Syrian newcomer. He studied medicine at Damascus University and proceeded to join the medical relief efforts for the Syrian refugees with UNHCR and WHO through a local organisation when he arrived to Lebanon in 2013 as a refugee himself. Passionate about the peace and youth entrepreneurship, and just after arriving in Cananda, he and his family started their company “Peace by Chocolate” in Antigonish, NS, to sponsor peace building projects and to support the local economy by offering jobs. The company later turned into a phenomenon that inspired so many people around the world and was mentioned at the UN summit in September 2016 in New York as a remarkable example for the contributions of the newcomers in their communities.

Tareq is also studying to become a physician in Canada. He is getting a Bachelor of Science degree at St. FX University, and then he will head back to medicine. Grateful for the encouragement and support from his new community, he is now more involved in public speaking, media campaigns, and interviews to support youth entrepreneurial skills, as well as linking the Syrian youth and helping the Syrian refugees all around the world.

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