Tony Blair Faith Foundation

In the Holy Quran Allah says “Not equal are those who know and those who do not”. This verse is emphasizes knowledge as a powerful tool to address any given situation.

Crazy, true fact: The entire 5.6 million population of Sierra Leone is currently at high risk for malaria. There are only 102 doctors in the entire country -- that's one doctor for every 56,000 people.

Alexia from Bennion Junior High, Utah, USA, was one of a number of students from our Face to Faith programme who took part in My Friend of a Different Faith writing their own stories of how they have lived with and learned from their friend of a different faith. This story was one of our prize winners.

Sikhs across the world will celebrate Vaisakhi, a day of historical significance that paved a way for the future. It was on this day in 1699 that Guru Gobind Singh ji, the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, established the Khalsa comprised of Sikh men and women initiated into the faith. On this day Sikhs received an external identity to bind them with the principles and discipline of Sikhism.

Sierra Leone has a population of 6 million people and just 102 medics. But every village has churches and mosques.

Face to Faith student Grusha from Apeejay School, Pitampura, New Delhi, India  "For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes our perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us." These words by Donald Williams hold great significance in this contemporary era and deeply reflect the grave condition that the world faces today. We do not grow absolutely. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another.

The Faiths Act Committee at the University of Toronto held a fantastic year-end event called “Speed Faithing.” The idea of the event stemmed from the desire of our committee members to engage the wider campus community in meaningful interfaith dialogue and provide the opportunity for people to ask questions and share perspectives about various faith and philosophical practices.

In November, 2011, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation held several panels at the American Academy of Religion’s annual meeting in San Francisco, California. Participants from the Faith & Globalisation and beyond presented their research on various issues.