The Reverend Canon Dr Andrew White, Jerusalem Middle East Reconciliation International’s ambassador, is a respected academic and author, a medical professional, an Anglican priest and an internationally-renowned global peacemaker.
Canon White is also the founder of a primary, middle and senior school for Iraqi refugee children and a community-based medical clinic in the centre of Amman. As well as directing extensive relief programmes and pastoral work, he continues to engage in the work of interfaith reconciliation and conflict resolution, facilitating dialogues between religious and political leaders both within the Middle East and around the globe. Whilst the main work of the organisation is currently based in Jordan and Jerusalem, Canon Andrew White and other members of the organisation travel extensively, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States, where they are invited to speak, advise and lecture at various educational, academic, political and religious forums.