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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]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/10/talking-condoms-make-safe-sex-campaigns-acceptable-in-conservative-countries/280616/ | publisher = [[The Atlantic]] | last = Morin | first = Roc | date = 18 October 2013 | title = Talking Condoms Make Safe Sex Campaigns Acceptable in Conservative Countries}}</ref>

== Background ==

Kharas was born in [[Calcutta]] before moving to the United States in 1973 and then to Canada in 1978.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} He received an undergraduate degree from [[Thiel College]] and a Masters from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at [[Carleton University]].{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} 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|date=December 2019}} 

== Activism ==

In 2004 his first major PSA series called [[The Three Amigos Campaign]] promoted the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. <ref>{{cite web|last=Three Amigos, one message to the US; stop spread of HIV|title=Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/three-amigos-one-message-to-the-us-stop-spread-of-hiv-564284.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Firdaus Kharas creates animated films with a strong social impact|title=Globe and Mail|url=https:/(contracted; show full)an-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
|date=December 2019}} [[children’s rights]],{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} and [[Zika fever]]{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}.

==Awards and honors==
* Honorary Doctor of Laws degree 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><ref name = "chianello">{{cite news | url = https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/carleton-honours-community-builders-as-convocations-begin | title = Carleton honours community builders as convocations begin | publisher = [[The Ottawa Citizen]] | date = 10 June 2015 | last = Chianello | first = Joanne}}</ref>

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

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