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Former Syrian refugees help build seawall on Otago Peninsula
16 Dec, 2020 07:17 PM
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Mohamad Alashour shows off the new stone sea wall in Broad Bay, on Otago Peninsula, which he helped to build. Photo / Gerard O Brien
Mohamad Alashour shows off the new stone sea wall in Broad Bay, on Otago Peninsula, which he helped to build. Photo / Gerard O Brien
Otago Daily Times
By: Molly Houseman
From building stone homes in Lebanon to stone walls on the Otago Peninsula, Mohamad Alashour knows how it is done.
He is one of about eight former refugees who are working for QC Contracting on the peninsula connection project, which involves building a new stone seawall to widen the road and add a cycleway.