Yearly Archives: 2015

Koinadugu District Calls for Post-Ebola Interventions

The people of Koinadugu district have unanimously agreed to rebuild their various chiefdoms in the Post-Ebola era.  Koinadugu learned from the bold steps taken by the people of Kailahun District to eradicate Ebola and ensure that the disease does not re-occur any longer.  They are determined to heal and recover from the damages left by… Read more »

Post-Ebola Reconciliation is Vital for Sustainable Development

Paramount Chief of Nieni chiefdom has emphasized that Post-Ebola activities in communities will be meaningless if communities do not reconcile and work together. Nieni chiefdom was the first area hit by Ebola in Koinadugu. The traditional leader, Alimamy Umaru Jalloh 111 made this statement as he addressed participants from various villages that converged at Kumala… Read more »

Sahr and Nyuma Promote Peace in Sierra Leone

Sahr and Nyuma were barely teenagers when the defunct Revolutionary United Front(RUF) rebels invaded their villages.  Once the closest of friends, Sahr, who lives in Kpekeledu village and Nyuma, also from Kpekedu in Kissi Teng chiefdom, Kailahun district had been brutally torn apart by decade long civil conflict in Sierra Leone. Sahr and his father… Read more »

Kissi Teng Prepares to be Involved in Post-Ebola Activities

  After the cessation of hostilities and the declaration of the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war, many organizations implemented community projects in various parts of the country.  Despite millions of dollars from international donors and partners to the country for post-war activities almost all projects collapsed because they had no sustainability plan. One of… Read more »

Malen Peace Mothers Provide Local Resources

  As part of their own contribution to community development, Peace Mothers in Lower Pemba and Kaheimor sections in Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun district have mobilized local resources toward the soap making process.  These include gallons of palm oil and other materials.   In Gboyama village on March 5, 2015, Sheku Koroma from Fambul Tok appreciated… Read more »

SLAJ Yellow Ribbon Campaign

  Fambul Tok International-Sierra Leone has extolled the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) Yellow Ribbon Campaign initiative, emphasizing that SLAJ is doing is a great thing to help end Ebola disease in the country. On Friday, March 20, 2015, Fambul Tok headquarter office in Freetown welcomed the President of SLAJ, Kelvin Lewis and his… Read more »

Fambul Tok Engages Communities to Strategize for Post-Ebola Challenges

The fight against ebola is not over yet, despite the decreased number of new ebola cases in Sierra Leone.  Many social issues and conflicts continue to emerge in communities as a result of ebola.  The issues range from the compromise of by-laws by traditional leaders to non-acceptance and discrimination of survivors in their communities. Fambul… Read more »

Fambul Tok Boosts Kono District with Soap Making Machine

As a complement to the efforts of the Government of Sierra Leone in the fight to eliminate Ebola in the country, Fambul Tok International-Sierra Leone has handed over a brand new soap making machine to Peace Mothers in Woafeh section, Tankoro chiefdom in Kono district. Formally presenting the machine on December 20, 2014, Director of… Read more »

Peace Mothers Intensify Campaign to Keep Libeisaygahun Chiefdom Ebola-Free

Surrounded by a number of ebola affected chiefdoms, Libeisaygahun is the only chiefdom that is yet to record a single case of ebola. How did one chiefdom, surrounded by other communities with ebola outbreaks, manage to remain ebola-free?  Fambul Tok Peace Mothers have been working in collaboration with community members to compliment the national effort… Read more »

Glimmer of Economic Growth Despite Ebola Crisis

All is not lost in the midst of ebola crisis in Sierra Leone.  Fambul Tok Peace Mothers from Masabong section, Paki Masabong chiefdom in Bombali district is one of hundreds of Peace Mothers’ groups that is proving this to the world. Despite the outbreak of the ebola disease in the country, coupled with restrictions on movement and… Read more »