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Firdaus Kharas

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'''Firdaus Kharas''' (b. 1955) is a Canadian [[humanitarian]]. He created Chocolate Moose Media in 1995 to produce animated [[public service announcement]] (PSA) videos that target [[global health issues]], [[human rights]] and [[social justice]].

== Background ==

(contracted; show full)rse|title=Von Flotow|url=https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ttr/2005-v18-n2-ttr1679/015770ar}}</ref> Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop [[Desmond Tutu]] was a prime advocate and it won a 2006 [[Peabody Award]].<ref>{{cite web|last="Three Amigos" win Peabody Award|title=Screen Africa|url=https://www.screenafrica.com/2007/06/07/film/three-amigos-win-peabody-award}}</ref> Other projects have included [[malaria]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Infect! Infect! Kill Humans with Malaria|
title=Macleans|url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/2008/5/5/infect-infect-kill-humans-with-malaria#!&pid=26}}</ref>, sexual and domestic violence<ref>{{cite web|last=Social Media Campaign to take on Domestic Abusers|title=Global Issues|url=http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/04/19/9331}}</ref>, [[solar power]], the [[Ebola virus disease]]<ref>{{cite web|last=A New African Supergirl Confronts Ebola|title=Huffington Post|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-new-african-super-girl_b_93693422}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ebola Animation Seen By Thousands|title=United Methodist Communications|url=https://www.umnews.org/en/news/ebola-animation-seen-by-thousands}}</ref>, [[diabetes]], [[children’s right]] and [[Zika fever]], among many others.

==  References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Firdaus Kharas}}
* [http://www.chocmoose.com/ Official Website]

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[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Canadian television producers]]
[[Category:Canadian television directors]]
[[Category:Parsi people]]
[[Category:Social entrepreneurs]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cathedral and John Connon School alumni]]
[[Category:Canadian animated film producers]]
[[Category:Canadian animated film directors]]