Tony Blair Faith Foundation

  Tony Blair Faith Foundation’s Face to Faith Programme and the Women of the Future Ambassadors Programme have launched an essay writing competition for UK female school students between the ages of 16 to 18. Face to Faith is an innovative global schools programme connecting young people across the world. It gives young people the opportunity to discuss global issues and learn about the cultural and religious backgrounds of others. Women of the Future Ambassadors Programme connects high-achieving, award-winning women with sixth-form students (Year 12/13).

The taxi driver in the rank at Manila airport probably wasn’t expecting the slightly bleary-eyed British woman who got in the back of his cab on Tuesday night to ask to be taken to dinner with the President. And at various times during our journey through the notorious Manila traffic, I wasn’t expecting to arrive there either on time or in one piece. More than once he rolled down his window and shouted out to other drivers: “Palace? President?” – each time to be met with confident pointing in a totally different direction.

Imandeep Kaur, Sikh UK based Fellows Act Fellow speaks on BBC Asian Network about her upcoming work to mobilise faith communities in Birmingham around the Millennium Developments Goals and the role that faith leaders and faith communities can play in health messaging around malaria prevention in the developing world. Read more >>

The Government of the Philippines and the Tony Blair Faith Foundation (TBFF) today announced a partnership that will see teachers and students take a lead on peace-building and engagement between young people of different faiths in areas with a history of religious conflict. Brother Armin Luistro, Secretary of Education and Tony Blair, Patron of the TBFF met in Manila to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will bring two of the Foundation’s leading education programmes to Filipino schools and universities. Also present at the signing ceremony were the Chairman for t

Hi, my name is Carole, and I am the project manager for Faiths Act against malaria in Sierra Leone. Right now, I am in London helping to train four new Faiths Act fellows. They'll be joining me in Sierra Leone.

Birmingham is a diverse, colourful and sometimes tricky mix of cultures and religions. The community of Springfield has a rich assortment of people from various Asian and African countries, though sadly it experiences high levels of urban poverty and some of the worst rates of child mortality in Western Europe.

Malaria No More UK is delighted to welcome Charlotte Dando and Usman Nawaz to the Malaria No More UK team! As Faiths Act Fellows, Charlotte and Usman are going to be working with us over the next year to bring people of different faiths together to raise awareness and funding for Malaria No More UK.

The first session of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation’s Face to Faith intro module opened up the understanding of the word 'Faith' for children. The result of this first lesson enthused me to forge ahead with more conviction as I prepared the slides for the next lesson on 'Learning to speak sensitively'. I realized that in today's world of information explosion, there is no dearth of textual knowledge.

Faiths Act fellows Sana Rahim and Clint Fluker, joined MedShare in late July. The two not only brought with them a wealth of experience and talent, but also a tangible new energy to our team. You see, MedShare is aware of the potential to bridge interfaith groups in our community for a greater good, and as such, we’ve been eagerly anticipating their arrival. To welcome Clint and Sana, we hosted a team breakfast where they had the opportunity to meet everyone. Then, to foster their understanding of how MedShare’s operates, they met with each of our various departments.

Two Tony Blair Faith Foundation Faiths Act Fellows, Sumayya Daghar and Lorne Anderson, arrived last week and were warmly welcomed into the Ve’ahavta family. In my absence (in Guyana on Ve’ahavta business), Melanie Lindayen, our International Projects Coordinator, took charge of their orientation. Sumayya and Lorne did a round of the office, meeting with the various departments and their respective staffs throughout that first week. I returned in time to invite them to my home for Friday evening Shabbat dinner.