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The Farha Foundation is Quebec's leading AIDS fundraising organization, committed to help men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS. The events organized by the Farha Foundation – most notably the AIDS Walk, ÇA MARCHE – also serve to sensitize the population to the AIDS epidemic.
Montreal businessman Ron Farha established the Farha
Foundation in 1992. Diagnosed with AIDS a few years earlier, Ron's experience with the disease alerted him to the lack of financial, medical and emotional support available to people living with HIV and AIDS. He decided to become a spokesman and a fundraiser for people with AIDS and created this foundation to help improve the quality of their lives. Ron Farha passed away in 1993, leaving behind a legacy of hope and determination to make a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Since its beginnings, the Farha Foundation has distributed close to $9.5 million to 76 AIDS organizations throughout Quebec providing care and services (housing, medication, food, palliative care, counselling, homecare, etc.) as well as AIDS prevention and education programs. A volunteer advisory committee screens which organizations the Foundation funds, and then follows up to ensure the funds are being put to the best possible use.
