Section Chief Komba Sebba has not been in a good relationship with his elder brother, Aiah Sebba for over ten years. He accused Aiah of campaigning against him when he attempted to be elected section chief of Dumbia in Fiama chiefdom, Kono district. When Komba won, Aiah declared that he would never work with his… Read more »
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Peace Mothers Journey—journal excerpts 2011-2013
Originally written in 2011-12 by Fambul Tok volunteer Sara Waldheim Peace Mothers Journey: Village One, Koinadugu District It’s been almost three months since I arrived in Sierra Leone to serve as a volunteer with Fambul Tok. My road to Sierra Leone was influenced by several factors — a combination of travel, conversation and inner dialogue… Read more »
Youth Chairman testimony shocks villagers
The youth chairman of Mawei section, Peje Bongre chiefdom, Kailahun district has taken the people of Foindu village by surprise, making a recent revelation during a bonfire on April 15, 2013. Testifying in front of hundreds of people, Aruna explained that during the early days of the war, he was captured by marauding rebels and was… Read more »
It’s All About the Values
Like most organizations, Fambul Tok has a list of values to which it subscribes, and that it works to consistently fulfill. Unlike many organizations in practice, however, it defines the living out of those values as one of the, if not the defining characteristic of its work. Living its values (and helping Fambul Tok communities… Read more »
Ex-combatant apologises for killing hundreds of villagers in Kailahun
A former rebel of the now-defunct Revolutionary United Front (RUF) of Sierra Leone has openly apologized and asked the people of Kailahun district to forgive him, adding that he was, in one way or another, responsible for launching deadly attacks on local villages during the war. The former Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) specialist, known as… Read more »
‘He is now a father to me’…perpetrator
There is an African proverb which says “There is no bad bush to throw away a bad child.” Indeed, Africans do not emphasize crime and punishment but stress the culture of forgiveness and reconciliation through various traditional ways. Sierra Leone, a country that suffered from a eleven-year old conflict is one of the countries that… Read more »
AFRC collaborator asks for mercy
Fambul Tok has expanded to Bombali District in Sierra Leone, and new truth-telling bonfires there have inaugurated several instances of confession, apology and forgiveness. One of the men who collaborated with the then Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) during Sierra Leone’s civil war to loot property belonging to poor villagers has openly apologized to his… Read more »
Woman confesses to burning a house during the war
A woman who was captured and forced by the then Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels during to set a house ablaze has heaved a sigh of relief and now walks as a free person. H.S, now in her late twenties, testified during Fambul Tok reconciliation ceremony in Kankaya village, Sulima chiefdom, Koinadugu district. She explained… 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 »
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 >