Ottawa, Canada, 24 June 2026 – As the number of people affected by Ebola continues to grow, as more families face illness, fear, and isolation, Chocolate Moose Media today announced the immediate availability of four multilingual Ebola prevention videos created to help stop infections before they happen.
The videos were created by Chocolate Moose Media and directed by internationally recognised humanitarian media producer Firdaus Kharas. They are available immediately, free of charge, for viewing, downloading, broadcasting, sharing, and widespread use. Currently, there are 36 language versions available of the four videos, with more local languages in production. These videos are already the most multi-lingual visual tool available to stop the current outbreak of Ebola.
At this moment, every day matters. Every household reached with the right message can mean one fewer infection. Every family that understands how Ebola spreads can protect a mother, father, child, spouse, neighbour, or health worker. Every community that receives clear, compassionate information has a better chance of stopping the virus before it enters another home.
These videos are about compassion and prevention. They do not use coercion, blame, or command. They use emotion, dignity, and human connection. They speak to people not as statistics, but as parents, children, spouses, neighbours, friends, faith leaders, and health workers, trying to protect the people they love.
The central message is urgent and practical: public education can save lives before a person becomes an Ebola patient.
Too often, Ebola is addressed only after infection has occurred, through isolation, treatment, contact tracing, and safe burial. These are essential. But by then, a person is already sick, a family is already afraid, and a community may already be at risk.
The greatest opportunity is earlier: before exposure, before symptoms, before transmission, before another family is changed forever.
The four videos address key moments in the life of an outbreak: prevention, containment, stigma, and safe funerals. Together, they help communities understand how Ebola spreads, why early reporting matters, how to protect loved ones, how to reduce stigma, and how to honour the dead safely without putting the living at risk.
Three of the four videos were originally created for the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and were viewed by millions of people locally. Because they are animated, they are not tied to one location, one date, or one group of actors. They are therefore evergreen: still relevant, still usable, and still powerful wherever Ebola threatens lives. The fourth one, on safe funerals, was created recently to respond to an urgent request by local community leaders in the Congo.
“People do not change behaviour because they are instructed on how to think or act,” said Firdaus Kharas, Founder of Chocolate Moose Media. “They change when they understand, when they feel respected, and when the message reaches their heart. These videos are designed to help people come to their own conclusion to protect themselves and the people they love.”
Animation makes the videos especially useful in outbreak settings. It crosses literacy barriers. It can be adapted into many languages. It remains usable across borders and over time. Most importantly, it allows difficult subjects including sickness, grief, stigma, death, and burial, to be addressed with sensitivity and cultural relevance.
The videos can be used immediately by ministries of health, humanitarian agencies, broadcasters, NGOs, community organisations, faith leaders, schools, clinics, local health educators, and response teams. They are suitable for television, radio-linked audio campaigns, social media, WhatsApp, community screenings, clinics, schools, churches, mosques, and door-to-door education.
In an outbreak, silence, rumours, and misinformation cost lives. Public education saves lives. Clear, compassionate public education can stop Ebola before it reaches the next family
The videos are available here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/12289587
About Chocolate Moose Media
Chocolate Moose Media, founded in 1995 by Firdaus Kharas in Ottawa, Canada, creates media to better the human condition. Its animated and live-action productions have addressed public health, human rights, social justice, violence prevention, refugee protection, and other urgent issues around the world. Its work is designed for wide public use, with most productions made freely available. Mr. Kharas is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Media Contact:
Firdaus Kharas
Chocolate Moose Media
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(613) 820-6121
https://chocmoose.com/
