Posts Categorized: In the News

Fambul Tok And MoDEP  Discusses IDPDC Transformation Into DDCC 

Fambul Tok holds briefing sessions with the Ministry of Development and Economic Planning (MoDEP) senior staff on the Inclusive District Peace and Development Committee (IDPDC) transformation into the District Development & Coordinating Committee (DDCC) at MoDEP’s Tower Hill office. Fambul Tok John Caulker explained about the lessons learnt in setting up and running of the… Read more »

Trainings for 9 Community Welfare & Mediation Committees in Soa Chiefdom

Fambul Tok staff working on the People’s planning Process (PPP) in Soa Chiefdom, Kono District completed Community Welfare and Mediation Committee (CWMCs) training session with village representatives and sectional stakeholders in Soa chiefdom.  The purpose of the trainings is to equip local community members on community owned and led peace building and inclusive development approach… Read more »

Fambul Tok Trains 360 Peace Mothers in Kono

Fambul Tok Kono team has trained a total of 360 Peace mothers as Peace Ambassadors across the eighteen (18) sections in Soa (9 sections), Gbense (5 sections) and Kamara (4 sections) chiefdoms in Kono district eastern Sierra Leone. Twenty participants were drawn from each of these eighteen sections. The Peace Mothers were trained on topics… Read more »

Fambul Tok Holds Sectional Stakeholders Meeting at Sukudu in Kono District

Fambul Tok facilitates Sectional Stakeholders Meeting at Sukudu community in the Sawafiama section of Soa chiefdom, eastern Sierra Leone. Section Chief Pa Ganawa of Sawafiama section, giving his opening statement, called on his people to be united and maintain peace in the Sawafiama section. Fambul Tok Project Officer Lilian Morsay explained the essence of peace… Read more »

Fambul Tok Trains Bayakor Section Peace Mothers

Fambul Tok trains #Peacemothers in Faada community, Bayakor section , Gbense chiefdom, Kono district, eastern Sierra Leone through the Strengthening Human Security Project funded by UNDP Sierra Leone and FAO Sierra Leone. Fambul Tok head of the Peace Mothers Lilian Mors ay describe the role of the peace mothers as critical in the stability and… Read more »

Moyamba District Council Holds DDCC Meeting

The Moyamba District Council (MDC) held its second District Development Coordinating Committee (DDCC) meeting at the council’s hall in Moyamba town on 1st October 2021. Paramount chiefs (PC), representatives of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society (CSOs), Fambul Tok (FT) and senior council staffs were in attendance. The DDCC is a… Read more »

Kailahun DDCC Holds Inaugural Meeting

Fambul Tok Executive Director John Caulker commends the inaugural meeting of the Kailahun District Development Coordinating Committee (DDCC) as a “dream come true” and calls for linkages with the (VDC) Village Development Committees. He said this at the first DDCC meeting held at the council’s hall in Kailahun district, facilitated by the Department of Planning…. Read more »

Fambul Tok Joins WFP to Empower Lower Banta

Community Based Participatory Planning working session with identified community and chiefdom stakeholders ends Friday, September 24 at the CDC hall in Mosenesie, Lower Banta chiefdom, Moyamba district. The session was organized by World Food Program together with communities and partners to identify issues and tailor program responses to local requirements. It puts different sociological and… Read more »

Human Security Project Empowers Women of Soa Chiefdom

As part of strengthening women in Soa chiefdom, Kono district, Fambul Tok has identified women in all sections and started training programs as ambassadors in their communities. The objective of the training sessions is to address grievance / conflict issues in their communities, promote peace-building, and monitor locally to identify early warning signs. The women… Read more »

Fambul Tok Donates Cassava Processing Machine to Semabu Peace Mothers

Fambul Tok donates gari (cassava) processing machine and one drying tray to Peace Mothers in Semabu Community Boukor Section Peje Bongre Chiefdom, Kailahun district on the 14th September 2021to the strengthen the group’s sustainability. Lucia Brima, Fambul Tok’s Field Officer said the donation is to support the women in Semabu to continue their work on… Read more »