On the evening of March 22, hundreds of people swarmed the town of Bomaru, a small town in the eastern corner of Sierra Leone, near the Liberian border. They came from all over the district (Kailahun), and indeed all over the country, to watch the African premiere of Fambul Tok. They came on motorcycles, cars,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: From the Ground: Program Updates from Sierra Leone
Boroma:The fish trade boom
Fambul Tok peace mothers in Kailahun, Kono, Moyamba and Koinadugu districts all give testimonies of bumper harvests of their farms this year. As Fambul Tok walks alongside these groups, they have started realizing more and more of their potential, planning larger farms and using their savings for more income generating projects like starting markets. In… Read more »
Ex-commander turns Pastor
A former rebel commando of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has chosen a new path to life, transforming from a once dreaded gun-wielding fighter to a born again christian and eventually a Pastor in his village. In his testimony during the Fambul Tok reconciliation ceremony in Nyadehun village, Luawa chiefdom, Kailahun district, Mattia,whose bush name… Read more »
Heremakono begins savings program
Heremakono section, in the Wara Wara Yagala chiefdom in Koinadugu district, in the north of Sierra Leone has been passed by over and over by aid organizations helping neighboring communities. The section, which is situated along the Makeni-Kabala highway has only four villages, and is just about 3km to the district headquarter town of Kabala. It… Read more »
Trauma Tapping Treatment Training (TTT) for Peace mothers
Gunilla “Nilla” Hamme of Sweden, the director of the Peaceful Heart Network, met FTI Executive Director John Caulker last fall, when both were facilitators in a week-long training program in reconciliation sponsored by the Folke Bernadotte Academy. Hamme and her colleagues at Peaceful Heart work with women in in Rwanda, Congo and other countries on… Read more »
Fambul Tok forms partnership for national reconciliation
Fambul Tok International-Sierra Leone has formed a partnership with other civil society organizations from across Sierra Leone, including Campaign for Good Governance (CGG), Search for Common Ground, Advocacy Movement Network (AMNET), and the Centre for the Coordination of Youth Activities (CCYA). The initiative, known as the “Wi Na Wan Fambul” National Unity Campaign (NUC) is to… Read more »
Bombali welcomes Fambul Tok
The people of Bombali District in the North of Sierra Leone have accepted and given the green light to Fambul Tok to extend its activities in that part of the country. In his contribution during a one day reconsultation meeting for stakeholders at Pastoral Centre in Makeni on Monday, 13 December 2010, Paramount Chief of Tendaren chiefdom… Read more »
Fambul Tok to launch ‘Wi na wan fambul’ campaign
Fambul Tok International, Sierra Leone announces it will launch the ‘wi na wan fambul’ (we are one family) campaign early next year. The campaign will aim to strengthen reconciliation and for all Sierra Leoneans to know that despite their political affiliations they are from one big family. Addressing members of the press on Monday, October… Read more »
“Our community has been transformed”
Members of Upper Kamadugu section, Sengbeh chiefdom, Koinadugu district have expressed the desire to work as one family for the development of their community. They see this as a result of the rapid changes taking place since they appeased their ancestors. According to the section chief, before they began Fambul Tok in their community, they… Read more »
Human Rights Commissioner commends Fambul Tok
Commissioner of Sierra Leone’s Human Rights Commission (HRCSL) has acknowledged the work of Fambul Tok in the country. Yasmin Fofanah (nee Jusu Sheriff), answering questions from the public on the nation’s TV on October 7, 2010, commended Fambul Tok for reconciling people and communities. She went on to state that Fambul Tok should step in to… Read more »
PPP News and Events
Peace mother becomes first female town chief in Darsalam
A peace mother who was charged with the task of charge coordinating activities of her colleagues in Darsalam,Kasunko chiefdom Koinadugu district was recently chosen as the very first female town chief ever in the history of Darsalam 1 in Kasunko Kakelain chiefdom Koinadugu district. Madam Neneh Binta Barrie was... Read More >
68 Teacher coordinators undergo training on transitional justice /management of school clubs
A total of sixty eight teacher cooridinators from 34 junior secondary schools in Kailahun.Moyamba,Pujehun and Koinadugu districts have just concluded training sessions in various district headquarters towns. These sessions helped teachers to strengthen their work on transitional justice and management of peace clubs in their various districts.It was organised... Read More >