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 »
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Fambul Tok Boosts Dea and Upper Bambara Peace Mothers Income
Fambul Tok in an effort to facilitate self-reliance and sustainability among peace mothers groups has provided support to Dodo and Nyanyahun Peace Mothers in Kailahun District. On the 15th September 2021, Kailahun team handed over Fambul Tok assistance of one bag caustic soda, two rubber bowls, gloves and twelve gallons palm oil as support to… 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 »
International Day of Peace Press Statement
The International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. The IDP was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly… 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 »
Fambul Tok Trains Youth Ambassadors in Soa Chiefdom
Youth from all sections in Soa chiefdom, Kono district have undergone intensive training on different topics in peace building to avoid violence and other forms of bad social behaviors in their communities. The training targeting male and female youth from all nine sections in the chief dom is part of “The human security project” supported… Read more »
Makpele Chiefdom Women Dialogue On Peace And Development
Fambul Tok facilitates Women’s Dialogue at the Community Center in Zimmi town, Makpele chiefdom, Pujehun District, southern Sierra Leone. Sixty women’s representatives were drawn from the four sections of Kengo, Selimeh, Samagbe, and Seitua. The minister of state, fambulTok staff and other representatives from the office of the vice president were all in attendance for… Read more »
Upper Banta Youths Hold Dialogue Meeting at Mokelleh Town
Youth participants (male and female) and chiefdom representatives gathered at Mokelleh town in Upper Banta, Moyamba, southern Sierra Leone Wednesday to dialogue and be au fete with challenging issues that have been earlier identified in the GRCs (Grievance Redress Committees) and chiefdom meetings over the past months. Participants also added… 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 >