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{{infobox person
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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]], [[human rights]] and [[social justice]].

== Background ==

Kharas was born in [[Calcutta]] before moving to the United States in 1973 and then to Canada in 1978.{{citation needed}} He received an undergraduate degree from [[Thiel College]] and a Masters from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at [[Carleton University]].{{citation needed}} His early careers were as Executive Director of the [[United Nations Association in Canada]] then as policy advisor (Immigration and Refugees) for [[Barbara McDougall]], Canada's Minister of Employment and Immigration.{{citation needed}} He has received numerous awards and honours including an honorary Doctor of Laws from Carleton University<ref>{{cite web|last=Honorary Degree Videos|title=Carleton University|url= https://carleton.ca/convocation/videos/honorary-degree-videos-spring-2015}}</ref>.

== Activism ==

(contracted; show full)reenafrica.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}}</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]],
{{citation needed}} 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_9369342?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNhLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEymbI2oKl9l0mtc-M60Ky71ynZnXGWNeYVIQcSfHShk3QEXHoVIWW5y6FsvttlSpb9Xk_g0F_XFYUAyXHi7E1qX7k_xEMPx4uqxjmZGTRF7AdWrxZz1dr__I77OBbXlI42cd0GILMbS5ZwXkgbY91gmWR1LcnGn04eoPiGodr2W}}</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]],{{citation needed}} [[children’s rights]] and [[Zika fever]], among many others,{{citation needed}} and [[Zika fever]]{{citation needed}}.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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

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