Tony Blair is going full force ahead in forming his inter faith foundation!
The Faiths Act Fellowship brings together thirty young leaders drawn from the different faiths from the US, UK and Canada to embark on a 10 month journey of interfaith service.
Tony Blair said: “The Faiths Act Fellows will become ambassadors for inter-religious cooperation in the fight against deaths from malaria and the accomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals. I urge interested young people aged 18 – 25 in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada to apply to join our campaign.
“In their 10 months of work, Faiths Act Fellows will reach tens of thousands of young people of faith with essential education about the devastating impact of malaria and the ways faiths communities can work together to make a real difference. Inspired by their different religious traditions, they will motivate and equip young people in congregations, schools and university religious student groups to lead their faith communities in spreading awareness of the MDG challenge, raising life-saving funds for the fight against deaths from malaria and promoting a new inter-religious dialogue of life and action.
“Halting and reversing the spread of deaths from malaria is one of today’s most urgent moral challenges. 500 million people contract the disease each year and one million die, the vast majority in Africa and under 5 years old. Yet, malaria is preventable and treatable. And, progress in the fight against malaria will speed our achievement of 6 of the 8 Millennium Development Goals. Together we can show that Faiths Act.”
Tony Blair will launch the programme in Los Angeles on September 25th 2008: the day the United Nations has designated as the midway point for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
To commemorate and join with others working towards the MDGs on this day, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation will be holding a panel discussion in Los Angeles to talk about the positive contribution that young people of all faiths are making, and can make together, towards achieving those common goals.
The panel will be:
-- Tony Blair, founder, Tony Blair Faith Foundation, and former British
Prime Minister;
-- Hamza Yusuf, a significant and influential Islamic scholar;
-- Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, of Malaria No More and an activist for Muslim
women and Islam in the West; and
-- moderated by June Sarpong, broadcaster and founder of
www.politicsandthecity.com
The interactive session, which will take questions from the audience and from those submitted online in advance, will discuss how more could be achieved by people coming together across faith divides in pursuit of these common goals, and ideas on how to take action together.
The Faiths Act Fellowship is an initiative of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and is coordinated by Interfaith Youth Core. Tony Blair launched the Tony Blair Faith Foundation in May 2008 to promote respect and understanding of and between the major religions and to make the case for faith as a force for good in the modern world. The foundation is working with Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists. Mr. Blair believes that faith will have great influence in how the challenges that globalisation presents will be met. The Foundation will join with other partners to mobilise faith groups to step up pressure on Governments to deliver fully on their MDG commitments on malaria.
To be eligible, applicants must:
-- Be at least 18 and not over 26 years of age by August 1, 2009
-- Be a citizen or legal resident of the United States, the United
Kingdom or Canada
-- Demonstrate strong commitment to the goals of inter-religious
cooperation and achieving the MDGs
-- Demonstrate strong belief in the power of young people to make a
difference
-- Be ready to spend 10 full months, from August 2009 through May 2010,
serving with this initiative
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