Facing the Challenges of Fanaticism – Salisbury 2
On Thursday 8th and Saturday 10th October, The Revd Nadim Nassar and St.John Wright travelled to the Diocese of Salisbury for the final two Archdeaconry training days on “Religious Fundamentalism: Challenges and Solutions”. Our hosts were the Archdeacories of Wiltshire and Sherbourne; we had visited the Archdeaconries of Dorset and Sarum in the Spring. Topics under […]
Remembering Syd Anderson
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Syd Anderson, one of our most dedicated supporters in the United States. Syd died peacefully on Wednesday 4th October 2017. Syd heard Nadim speak at his own church, Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church in the Bay Area Northeast of San Francisco, on 3rd May 2015. What followed […]
Little Heroes 2017 – Safita
After Awareness Foundation Little Heroes in Lattakia, our team of volunteers travelled 75 miles south to Safita at the invitation of our dear friend and International Consultant, Bishop Demetrios Charbak, the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Banias. This was our second year in Safita. Over 350 children of every denomination were waiting eagerly for us. As […]
Little Heroes 2017 – Lattakia
In early August 2017, our team of volunteers welcomed around 200 displaced and local Syrian children to our Little Heroes camp. Once again, we were hosted by the National Evangelical Church in Lattakia. The theme of the three days was “the Story of the Field”. A field is a place of work and it sustains life, […]
Announcing Our Royal Patron
In July 2017, The Revd Nadim Nassar and Huda Nassar travelled to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan for the first of this year’s Ambassador for Peace programmes. We are very grateful to Tearfund for making all of the resources available to us for this project; their continued partnership and support mean so much to us. 60 […]
Delegation to Lebanon, April 2017
A special part of our Awareness Forum is our Delegation programme, bringing Western thought-leaders to the Middle East to experience life, faith and culture there and to spend time with Christians and Muslims. In addition, this is an ideal opportunity for us to introduce our own work to Middle Eastern leaders and seek their help […]
Watch Nadim on BBC Radio 4
The Revd Nadim Nassar talked on BBC Radio 4’s “The Today Programme” about the Parliamentary discussion on bombing ISIS in Syria. The BBC then posted the whole interview on The Today Programme’s Facebook page with the message, “Many of you were impressed by Father Nadim Nassar’s interview this morning. Here it is in full.” So far, […]
Iraq 2015
For the first time, the Awareness Foundation has reached out to young Christians in Iraq, enabling them to take part in our Youth Leadership Training programme. The results were astonishing! This was made possible by our great friends at Tearfund, who shared their network with us and gave us the financial resources for this new project.
Awareness Sunday 2016
Awareness Sunday 2016 was celebrated around the world in venues large and small, but few could be as grand as St. Paul’s Cathedral, where The Revd Nadim Nassar preached on Awareness Sunday this year. The Cathedral was packed by the time the procession entered, followed by a group of very senior Islamic clerics, who […]
Little Heroes, Safita, 2016
We are working with over 350 displaced Syrian children in Safita, near the border with Lebanon. The themes for our first two days were “A Little Hero is the hero who prays”, and “A Little Hero is the hero who is obedient” and today, our final day, our theme is “Little Heroes are not afraid because ‘I […]