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                                                          No Excuses

Creator of a series of 11 aimated spots or Public Service Annoucements (PSAs) designed to prevent domestic violence.  The campaign was sucessfully launched at the United Nations in April, 2011.

Targeted squarely at the abuser, the animated campaign is entitled No Excuses.  The campaign will consist of 11 animated spots to be ultimately versioned into 73 languages, thereby enabling a potential reach of 85% of the world\'s population in their own language. 

Combining animation and humour the series consists of memorable messages to prevent: cultural justifications of violence, violence against women, the perceived right of men to commit violence, sexual abuse of women, rape, escalation of abuse into violence, the inter-generational cycle of violence, violence by mothers against children, violence by fathers against children and verbal abuse of children and the elderly. In addition, one spot was created to prevent rape by soldiers.

Currently in production (versioning) and distribution.

Further information is available at www.noexcusescampaign.org.  The spots may be seen on YouTube in multiple languages.

       Creator, Producer & Director,
                                                        Buzz and Bite

Creator of a series of 30 animated spots or Public Service Announcements (PSAs) designed to prevent malaria infection by mosquitoes.  Currently on air, the campaign was launched in Ottawa and in New York (at the United Nations) in advance of World Malaria Day, April 25, 2008. The spots feature two funny, animated female anopheles mosquitoes, Buzz and Bite.  The series is currently in use in over 50 countries.

The campaign consists of humorous spots to educate viewers on the causes and prevention of malaria, particularly by stressing the use of bed-nets. The series has been adapted under the direction of Mr. Kharas into 23 languages, from Amheric to Tagalog, for a total of 690 spots.    In addition, the series was directed by Mr. Kharas into 15 local languages for Madagascar. 

When all language adaptations are completed, the 1,400 animated and audio spots will constitute the world\'s largest PSA campaign on any subject.

The campaign is distributed free of charge by Mr. Kharas to television broadcasters, radio stations, health clinics, hospitals, doctors, non-governmental organizations, universities, schools, libraries, community groups and other users across the world.  Over 3,000 tapes and DVDs have been distributed world-wide.

In the time it takes to read this introduction, a child will die of a preventable disease called malaria.  Malaria accounts for one death every 30 seconds. Malaria kills more than 1 million people every year.  Each year, between 350 million and 500 million people are infected with malaria.

Tapes and DVDs are sent out free of charge by Mr. Kharas. Currently in production (versioning) and distribution.

Further information is available from an extensive web-site at www.malariacampaign.ca.  The spots may be seen on YouTube in multiple languages.

Producer & Director,
The Three Amigos 

Producer and Director of an acclaimed series of 20 animated spots or Public Service Announcements (PSA\'s) designed to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.  The Three Amigos is a series of purposely varied animated spots that use humour to counter the spread of HIV/AIDS. 

The series, directed and produced by Mr. Kharas, has been adapted under his supervision into 42 languages, thereby enabling a potential reach of approximately 80% of the world’s population, or over 5.5 billion people, in their own language.

The Three Amigos has been used in over 100 countries, ranging from liberal democracies to conservative theocracies, from countries in southern Africa where AIDS is rampant, to countries on the threshold of a possible AIDS crisis in Asia and Eastern Europe.  Broadcasters have donated millions of dollars worth of free air time to air the series, in some cases up to 20 times a day.  Thousands of health clinics, hospitals, non-governmental organizations, schools and universities across the world currently use the series. 

The series has received 30 international awards including a prestigious Peabody Award, and hundreds of articles in many languages have been written on its creation and impact.  Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu is the principal supporter who has called the series in an open letter “a powerful communicating tool” and has written "in creating the The Three Amigos PSA\'s (you) have made an outstanding contribution to the campaign against HIV infection in providing material that can be easily understood by most people irrespective of language or culture".  Hundreds of testimonials from around the world have been received from every walk of life, from powerful government officials to AIDS educators to ordinary people who\'s behaviour has been influenced by the series. 

Tapes and DVDs are sent out free of charge upon request by Mr. Kharas.  Currently in production (versioning) and distribution.

Further information is available from an extensive web-site at www.thethreeamigos.org.  The spots may be seen on YouTube in multiple languages.


  Creator, Executive Producer and Director,
                                                           Nan and Lili

Creator, Executive Producer and Director of Nan and Lili, the world\'s first animated pre-school series in Arabic.  Currently on air throughout the Middle East and Europe and in distribution.  300 episodes. 

Winner of a 2009 CINE Golden Eagle, two Telly Awards and a Certificate of Merit at INTERCOM of the Chicago International Film Festival.  The mobile game application based on the series received over 100,000 downloads in the first two months.

This world-class 3D animated series features four enduring, cute characters set against a series of beautiful backgrounds.  Reaching both girls and boys, the animated series targets pre-school children between 2 and 4 years old. Creative and interactive, the series is designed to engage young viewers in a playful way while being educative.  The series educates pre-schoolers about a wide variety of subjects, ranging from the alphabet to developing self-confidence, creativity, determination and learning capacity.
Executive Producer & Director,             
                                            Magic Cellar
 
Executive Producer and Director of the first long-form 3D animated series based on African culture. A co-production with South Africa. 20 episodes of 11.5 minutes completed. 

For the first time, African children are reflected in an animation series. Based on African folktales, partially collected via interviews of elders in villages. Features a multi-cultural cast of characters, with the principal character being an African girl.

On air on the South African Broadcasting Corporation in English, Afrikaans, Sotho and Zulu.  On air in the US on HBO Family.  Currently being sold around the world, bringing African culture for the first time to millions of children in non-African countries. 

Winner of 42 international recognitions to date, including Gold and Silver World Medals at the New York Festivals, Platinum REMI Award, First Prize at the Chicago International Children\'s Film Festival (CICFF), Grand Festival Award (Berkeley), 2 Telly awards, Chris Statuette, 2 Aurora Platinum Best of Show, 2 Aegis Winners, Gold and Silver Davey, Silver at the World Media Festival, Best Animated Film FADE IN Award at the IBFF, Silver Plaque (Intercom Chicago), Silver Screen and two Certificates of Creative Excellence (the US International Film and Video Festival). Selected by several children\'s festivals and by museums, including the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.

Executive Producer, Co-Writer & Voice and Scripts Supervisor,
Honk, Toot and Swo-Swoosh 

Pre-school educational series produced in Holland and Canada. Series focuses on early childhood education and emphazises behaviourial choices.  Series is designed to be the first television watched by children. 52 episodes of 5 minutes each in 3D animation.

Created without any pre-sales or commissions by broadcasters.  Sold to over 100 countries to broadcasters like Disney Asia, BabyTV, Hungama TV, M-NET and Nickelodeon. Estimated audience is over 200 million children.

Winner of a CINE Golden Eagle and a Telly. 

  Executive Producer,
  Children Have the Right to Protection from Neglect
  and Children Have the Right to Protection in War
 



Created and produced two contributions to UNICEF\'s Cartoons For Children\'s Rights series. Each spot is based on a human right outlined in the Convention of the Rights of the Child. 

The Right to Protection in War was named by UNICEF as one of "Top Ten" cartoons for children\'s rights based on polling broadcasters and communicators.

Assisted in the global distribution of the series.  Over one billion people have seen the series via 2,000 broadcasters in 160 countries, making the series one of the most watched media on human rights ever created.
 
Supervising Producer,
Speed\'s Choice 

Animated special produced for Street Kids International, an international non-governmental organization (NGO) working with street kids in several developing countries.  The special introduces 5 young people that live on the street who manage to start their own businesses, embodying the reality and potential of street kids everywhere.  Currently in use in several countries.


Executive Producer,
Animated Jam 

Animated special created for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children by "14 of the world\'s best animators".  

The ‘Jam’ expresses the core vision of the Global Movement for Children, a worldwide mobilization of individuals, families, communities, organizations and nations everywhere to end poverty, ill health, violence and discrimination faced by millions of children each year. The Jam depicts many of the major challenges faced by children around the world: health, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, disability, girls\' education and others.  

Executive Production Consultant,
For Better Or For Worse 

Prime-time Canadian 16-episode half-hour hand-drawn animation series. Based on the famous cartoon strip by Lynn Johnston seen in 2,200 newspapers around the world.


 

Executive Producer,
King 

Hand-drawn animated series of 52 half-hour episodes.  Broadcast in Canada (Family Channel).  Awarded a Gemini.




Executive Producer,
Toad Patrol 

Canadian hand-drawn animated series of 13 half-hour episodes. Telecasted in Canada (Teletoon) and in the US (Disney). 


 

Executive Producer,
Untalkative Bunny

Family hand-drawn animated series. 130 x 4 minutes and 4 half-hour specials. Sold in 35 countries. Telecasted or currently on air in several countries on channels like Disney, Super RTL, Teletoon, ABC (Australia) and Cartoon Network.  The series achieved iconic status in several countries.


 
Executive Producer,
Daft Planet 

Canadian animated series of 26 half-hour episodes in Flash animation. Telecasted daily nationally in prime-time.




       Executive Producer, 
                                    animated logos 
                                                 
Produced several animated logos for UNAIDS (Geneva) and for UNICEF (New York).



  Executive Producer and Director,
                                                      two special shorts on the Asian Games

Produced and directed two special shorts on the 15th. Asian Games, Asia\'s premiere international sporting event.

Executive Producer,
                                                      animated logos for the Genie Awards

Executive Producer of several logos and graphics for the National Capital Commission for the 29th. Genie Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Oscars).
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