Millennium Development Goals are litmus test of world’s values
The Tony Blair Faith Foundation will organise a global campaign to mobilise young people, across religious divides, to work together towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
In a wide-ranging speech on ‘Faith and Globalisation’ at Westminster Cathedral, Tony Blair said that he is passionate about the importance of faith in the modern world and highlight the need for people of faith to reach out to one another.
The foundation will launch later in the year. It will promote understanding between the major faiths, and increase understanding of the role of faith in the modern world. The foundation will work with Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists.
The foundation is inspired by the former Prime Minister’s belief that faith can be a progressive force, advancing humanity and ending global poverty. The Foundation will bring people of faith together to deliver the Millennium Development Goals. Tony Blair believes that the capacity of faith organisations to do good is immense – and their reach is unparalleled.
Tony Blair said that the Millennium Development Goals are “the litmus test” of the world’s values.
He said that faith groups do great individual work in this area. But they could do even more, if helped to work better and more closely together.
Tony Blair said: “The Millennium Development Goals are stark in their ambition and necessity. We are falling short as a world in meeting them. It would be a great example of faith in action to try to bridge the gap and awaken the world’s conscience.”
The Foundation will work with faith leaders and with grass roots organizations - finding the best examples on the ground where faith is used as a progressive force and providing the backing of the Foundation and its partners to give this real global impact.
