Erica and Areeba

As the days grow warmer, our days as Faiths Act Fellows are sadly drawing to a close. As of May 31st 2010, the inaugural year of the Faiths Act Fellowship programme will officially be over, and we will each venture our separate ways, back to school, back to Saskatoon, out into the real world. As sad as it is to say goodbye to all the incredible people we’ve met and experiences we’ve had from the fellowship, we are thrilled to be leaving our work in the hands of an extremely committed and enthusiastic group of leaders.  
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On Friday April 9, 2010, Danforth Islamic Centre, located at 3018 Danforth Avenue, took part in the national Congregations Act initiative to support the fight against malaria by building awareness and raising funds after the regular Friday prayers. Although raising the minimum amount of $100 looked doubtful in this congregation, which is situated in one of Toronto’s priority neighbourhoods, the results were surprising when the congregation contributed $315 for this great cause. 
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The Faiths Act Fellows are working hard to create meaningful interfaith relationships among young people of faith by having them take action together on a very important issue – the fight against malaria. In many cases, there are already strong interfaith councils amongst religious leaders meeting regularly in their host communities. Often times these councils get a reputation for focusing on dialogue rather than action and in a vast majority of these committees, young people are very underrepresented. When three of us Fellows entered the Toronto Area Interfaith Council meeting on Tuesday, we were the youngest people in the room and assumed that this Council too focused more on dialogue than action.  
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Erica and Areeba have joined forces with the other pair of fellows in Toronto to come together to raise awareness and funds to prevent deaths caused by malaria. They will do this by hosting an array of multi-faith events throughout the week of April 24 – May 1. People of all faiths and ages will come together and donate their time, energy, and money to ending deaths from malaria. This will show Canada and the world the positive impact people of faith can, and do have, especially when they work together. You, your group of friends, your school or your congregation can join the fellows and their hub leaders in making this extraordinary week a success. Or Donate directly at Spread the net-Faiths Act donation Page. Everything donated will be matched, so your dollar counts for twice as much.  
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Faiths Act Toronto is looking for a top notch exec team interested in working with people of other faiths to do what we can to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Beginning with raising awareness and resources for the fight against malaria, this team will reach out to as many people as possible with the support of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and the Interfaith Youth Core among many other great NGO's and charities. We are presenting this opportunity with the title: Be a Leader that the World Needs. What kind of leader does the world need? Find the application online at: http://www.jotform.com/form/10630744198  
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“I chose to raise awareness about preventing malaria for my Bat Mitzvah because kids on the other side of the planet are being killed by little bugs and we can help prevent this so easily.” – Amanda Belzowski, 12 years old. 
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...So let's extend some love to Africa's warm heart Lets help them fight Let's help Willie and Tobias to sleep better tonight 
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In my fear of being judged by others, I had judged them, all 300 of them; thus creating a barrier between us , the very barrier that I was working to bring down. 
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A big thanks to all those who contributed baking and time to the Children Have Rights Too event in Sidney Smith. Thanks to all of the contributions we raised over $150 for Spread the Net, that's 15 bednets to help 15 families! We will be in Sid Smith again this Thursday, December 3rd, with a fun stress relieving/study break game called 'Bag the Bug' where you get to throw bean bags at the evil malaria carrying mosquitoes! We will also still be selling raffle tickets to win a TTC Metropass for the month of January. Coming up later in December, there is am action based Interfaith lunch on December 28th. 
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We'll be celebrating the 20th anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of A Child on the 19th of November. Malaria is responsible for the death of almost 3000 children every day. Every Child has a right to live past their fifth birthday. Join us in bringing various faiths together to make a difference for the rights of a child in Canada, and in countries affected by the scourge of malaria. For more information how to become a leader in this movement, email areeba.jawaid@faithsactfellows.org Learn more about the Rights of a Child http://www.unicef.org/crc/index_understanding.html  
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Malaria is suffered collectively by the country. The victims of malaria are not only those who have now left the world but those that they leave behind

 
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Growing up in the open-minded, non-creedal group that is the Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon, I was open to discover my own religious identity. The Religious Education program began my introduction into every religion and faith out there.

 
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