Yearly Archives: 2016

District Councils agree to cascade People’s Planning Process

District Local Council chairmen of Moyamba,Kailahun and Koinadugu  have unanimously agreed to cascade the People’s Planning Process(PPP) to all chiefdoms in the three districts and with the best practices and learnings the process will be rolled out to other parts of the country.The PPP is design to ensure that policy makers,project implementing organizations and other… Read more »

Kailahun stakeholders agree on joint revenue collection

One of the several problems that continue to affect development of Kailahun district has to do with sour relationships among traditional leaders(Paramount Chiefs) and Councilors It is evident that there are poor working relationships which contribute to the backwardness and underdevelopment especially in post ebola communities There are instances where traditional leaders are accused of… Read more »

IDPDC collaborates with District Office for peaceful elections

A team of civil society activists,youth representatives and members of the Koinadugu Inclusive District Peace and Development Committee will leave Kabala township tomorrow,September 16,2016  for Falaba and other villages in the Sulima chiefdom. The rationale behind the visit is to sensitize community members and intending candidates for the sectional and township elections in Sulima chiefdom.The… Read more »

Moyamba stakeholders meet to harmonize revenue collection

For the past years,the collection of revenue(property tax,local tax,evacuation fees etc) by local authorities on one hand and the Moyamba District Council on the other had been very difficult.This is the fact that the relationships between local authorities and Council have not been cordial.This could also be attributed to the unclear and undefined roles each… Read more »

IDPDC to engage chiefs,Councilors to resolve impasse

The Kailahun Inclusive District and Peace and Development Committee(IDPDC) in its first meeting has resolved to organize a one day stakeholders’s meeting at the end of the month to settle numerous challenges and the way forward for the development of the District. IDPDC meeting at Luawa resort in Kailahun One of the major challenges in… Read more »

Prof. Kandeh calls for local mobilization of resources

Moyamba District Council chairman who is also chair of the Inclusive District Peace and Development Committee(IDPDC) has emphasized the need for organizations and communities in the district to put hands on deck to raise funds for the implementation of projects According to Prof Herbert Bob Kandeh,communities have a lot of local resources that should be… Read more »

Development needs to go beyond where better roads stop-John Caulker

The Executive Director of Fambul Tok International-Sierra Leone says organizations working with communities especially in the post ebola era in Sierra Leone should not only focus their activities on communities that have good road networks but should take into consideration difficult terrains.   He was addressing traditional leaders,women,youth and other community members at the Kailahun… Read more »