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'''Firdaus Kharas''' (b. 1955) is a Canadian advertisement producer. He created Chocolate Moose Media in 1995 to produce animated [[public service announcement]] videos.<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>television producer.

== 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}} He created Chocolate Moose Media in 1995 to produce animated [[public service announcement]] videos.<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>⏎


== 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://w(contracted; show full)[[Category:1955 births]]
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[[Category:Cathedral and John Connon School alumni]]
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[[Category:Canadian animated film directors]]