Fambul Tok

Braden Buehler — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:52:01 +0000

STORIES OF FORGIVENESS

Take a video journey through the planting, tending and harvesting of the Kunduma Village peace farm, where a war-torn community nurtures a new peace.

Braden Buehler — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:40:53 +0000

John Caulker will address the International Peace Institute and UN Peacebuilding Support Office consultation on Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding on July 22, 2010. To learn more, contact us.

2nd Year Annual Report

Libby Hoffman — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:54:24 +0000

FTI announces the publication of its 2nd Year Report, available now online in pdf form! Email us (info@fambultok.org) to request a hard copy.

March 23rd Press Release

Libby Hoffman — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:29:45 +0000

FTI calls for March 23rd to be declared a National Day of Reflection and Healing in Sierra Leone. Read the press release. We also announce the publication of our 2nd Year Report, available online or in hard copy. Contact us to have one mailed to you.

Quote -Musu Swarray 2

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:21:03 +0000

“We shed a lot of blood in our community, so after the bonfire, we were fortunate to have the opportunity to go and pour libations to our ancestors, so that we can have peace in our community. And after that libation, there is peace on our community. Even our children obey us again.”

—Musu Swarray, Bunumbu, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone

Quote – Hawah Wurie

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:19:52 +0000

“Most of our brothers and sisters played an active role during the war. Some of them amputated hands, some of them slaughtered women, some split women open to see what baby was in their stomach, but at the ceremony most of them came forward and confessed and asked for forgiveness and we have forgiven them. We have encouraged them, embraced them, we do things together. Even myself, my elder sister was killed during this war. Those that killed her, I knew who they were, but when they confessed, I forgave them.”

—Hawah Wurie, Bunumbu, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone

Quote – Isata Ndoleh

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:15:30 +0000

“Any wrongdoing you do to anybody, come out plain – ‘Madam, I have wronged you. Forgive me.’ That will make me feel happy. Without a cent, I will accept it. But when you have wronged me, you roam around, I see you, I know what you have done to me, it pains me. But when you voice it, reconciliation will go and I will be very peaceful. This is what we need here.”

—Isata Ndoleh, Mommy Queen, Kailahun District, Sierra Leone

Quote – Elizabeth Lebbie

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:14:34 +0000

“Since the end of the war, we were unable to come together as a community and plan development because of our individual differences. The simple fact that Fambul Tok is attempting to reconcile my community, I appreciate their effort in forging unity.”

—Elizabeth Lebbie, Kamaa chiefdom, Kono district, Sierra Leone

Quote – Sahr Ngaoja

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:13:48 +0000

“I am sure community reconciliation will help us fight poverty.”

— Sahr Ngaoja, Lei chiefdom, Kono district, Sierra Leone

Quote – Hawa Koroma

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:12:58 +0000

“Most of us do not have the opportunity to face the TRC to tell people what happened to us. With Fambul Tok, we can now share our stories and have the opportunity to forgive and reconcile.”

—Hawa Koroma, Moyamba town, Sierra Leone