Faiths Act

Up to 60,000 people from the Tony Blair Faith Foundation’s global schools programme, Face to Faith took part in the Global Truce 2012 campaign. The goal was to achieve the largest ever gathering of individuals and reduction of violence in the name of peace one day. Peace Day, 21 September, was established by the UN after Jeremy Gilley, founder of Peace One Day led the initiative to establish the first-ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence.

Yesterday, cross-party members including Ivan Lewis, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, MPJeremy Lefroy, member of International Development Select Committee, and leading global health experts took part in a parliamentary style debate on the contribution of faith communities to global health. Ivan Lewis chaired the event at the House of Commons and framed the debate with his opening remarks: "This is an issue of extreme importance now and perhaps more importantly in the future. Faith is central to people’s everyday lives and societal order.

As I returned from a jubilant day in the Olympic Park in awe of the spirit of the world coming together under one banner, there was hope in difficult times for many across the world. However, I was suddenly reminded of the unpredictable and uncertain nature of the times we live in. The shooting in cold blood of congregants at the Sikh Gurdwara in Wisconsin shocked me to the core.

On Thursday 26th at the National Stadium Atlantic Hall, The Tony Blair Faith Foundation Faiths Act programme held a closing ceremony for their global malaria prevention awareness campaign ‘Where’s the Net?’.  The campaign, a global interfaith initiative aimed at raising awareness about malaria across the world was an overwhelming success. Launched in Freetown in February 2012 by the First Lady, H.E. Mrs.

A thunderstorm and incessant rain wasn't enough to dampen the spirits of students from DLF Public School,  whose students travelled to Savda Ghevra slum resettlement colony in New Delhi to perform a play about malaria prevention. We have been working in this colony for the last year on malaria and maternal health.

Sierra Leone Olympic athletes, Ibrahim Turay and Ola Sesay, recently sat down with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation in Stratford to discuss the unifying power of sport and malaria, one of the biggest killers of Sierra Leoneans.

On Thursday 26 July, at the National Stadium Atlantic Hall, The Tony Blair Faith Foundation Faiths Act programme commemorated the closing of their global malaria prevention awareness campaign ‘Where’s the Net?’.  The campaign is a global interfaith initiative aimed at raising awareness about malaria across the world. Launched in Freetown in February 2012 by the First Lady, H.E. Mrs.

Those who seek to cause religious conflict are small in number but highly motivated, organised and funded. While there are billions of people who are engaged in their own faith tradition, many have not yet learned how to live or work together well with those of different traditions. The Tony Blair Faith Foundation decided to tackle this challenge through organising a year-long Fellowship that brought together young people of different faiths to work toward better interfaith action.