Fambul Tok has conducted training sessions for community members in three chiefdoms in its efforts to complement the work of the Koinadugu District Health Management Team, the district ebola task force, and other partner organizations in the fight against ebola in Sierra Leone. The purpose of the trainings, which ran from September 5-7, was to the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: From the Ground: Program Updates from Sierra Leone
Fambul Tok Joins Fight Against EBOLA
Fambul Tok International-Sierra Leone, in a effort to complement governmental aide and other partners’ work to contain the Ebola disease in the country, has intensified activities focusing on Ebola education in different communities. Sierra Leone is under a 90 day state of emergency on public health. Because of restrictions associated with this declaration, movement to… Read more »
Paki Masabong Chiefdom’s Revolving Loan Reaches 20 Million Leones
The Chairlady of the Fambul Tok Peace Mothers in Masabong section, Paki Masabong chiefdom, Bombali district in the north of Sierra Leone, during their regularly monthly meeting on June 5, 2014, proudly announced that their usual revolving loan scheme will amount to 20,300,000 Leones in July, 2014. Giving this update during a Peace Mothers meeting… Read more »
First Female Town Chief Crowned
Chieftaincy in any form and shape in the Northern province of Sierra Leone is a taboo for women. Many women have faced a lot of challenges for the past decades when it comes to chieftaincy or public elections in the country, thus most women have been marginalized. The trend has started changing over the years;… Read more »
Upper Bambara Peace Mothers Empowered
On Tuesday June 17, 2014, in continuation of its support to Peace Mothers in the country, Fambul Tok International-Sierra Leone donated a brand new rice mill and officially opened the Peace Mothers information kiosk in Siama village, Bambara section, Upper Bambara chiefdom, Kailahun district. In a brief but very impressive relinquishing ceremonies, Fambul Tok Program Officer,… Read more »
Information Kiosks Inaugurated in Nimiyama and Gbense Chiefdoms
One of the major challenges affecting rural communities in Sierra Leone is access to quality information. What often goes wrong in these communities is attributed to the lack of accurate, correct, and timely legal information. Over the years, Fambul Tok has observed that there is no locations in rural communities where people can access accurate… Read more »
Stories from Koinadugu
Excerpts from Fambul Tok Volunteer Sara Waldheim’s blog, Around the World with Sara. Follow her adventures here Easter in Kabala Easter Sunday presented a great opportunity to attend a church service, Sierra Leone style. A Fambul Tok staff member, Rev. Emmanuel, invited me to come with him and his family to the Wesleyan church in Kabala. … Read more »
Support from US State Department Boosts Peace Mothers in Bombali and Koinadugu
On on April 26, 2014, through a grant from the US Department of State, Fambul Tok International – Sierra Leone facilitated the donation of two brand new machines (a rice mill and cassava grater) as well as cash micro-grants to various Peace Mothers’ groups in Bombali and Koinadugu districts. The rice mill was offered to… Read more »
Sanity Returns to Gbanti Kamaranka Chiefdom
Story: Joseph Momoh Kargbo- Fambul Tok District Staff, Bombali district Makulon section in the Gbanti Kamaranka chiefdom, Bombali district, Northern Sierra Leone has 10 villages. Two of the villages, Makulon and Gbintimaria, according to their chieftaincy arrangements used to alternate power peacefully. Almost 12 years ago, after the demise of the installed section chief, there… Read more »
Fambul Tok Links Peace Mothers with Kono Stakeholders
One of the major challenges facing women in Sierra Leone is the lack of opportunity to meet and interact with stakeholders to discuss pertinent issues affecting the women, so that together they can find solutions to numerous problems. Most women, especially in the rural communities, could not identify their own needs and do not know… 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 >