This post was written by Alice Musa, Field Staff Member and Contributing Blogger from Pujehun District. Community members in Saaba section, Sowa chiefdom, Pujehun district, southern province have unanimously agreed to forgive and welcome Saffa Mambu back to their section after over 20 years. The people of Vaawahun and Ngamayama villages in that section had… Read more »
Posts Categorized: From the Ground: Program Updates from Sierra Leone
New Kailahun District Board Chairman calls for smooth transition
The newly elected chairman of the Kailahun District Fambul Tok Board has said if Fambul Tok activities are to be sustained, every individual in the district should be ready to take ownership of the community reconciliation program. In his inaugural address to zonal executives and members of the new board in Kailahun Town on May… Read more »
Students compose first Fambul Tok peace anthem
This post was written by Princess Deigh, Field Staff Member and Contributing Blogger from Moyamba District. Students of the Golden Academy of Science (GAS), Mokerewa town, Fakunya chiefdom, Moyamba district, have used their talents to compose the first ever Fambul Tok peace anthem. The lyrics to the anthem are: Fambul Tok members, how are you… Read more »
Fambul Tok averts chaos in Jawie Chiefdom
Had it not been for the presence of Fambul Tok staff in Nyeama, one of Fambul Tok’s new sections in Jawie chiefdom, Kailahun district, the whole community would have blown up into total chaos. It all came about when local authorities brought in chiefdom police officers to arrest villagers who haven’t yet paid their local… Read more »
Generous boost for new Peacemothers group in Pujehun
This post was written by Alice Musa, Field Staff Member and Contributing Blogger from Pujehun District. Peace mothers in Lower Pemba, Malen chiefdom, Pujehun district have recently received a generous gesture from one of the traditional chiefs in that part of the country. Chief Swaray Dauda of Gadorhun village was the first individual to donated… Read more »
Peace Mothers provide educational support in Kono District
This post was written by Tamba Kamanda, Field Staff Member and Contributing Blogger from Tombodu, Kono District. Education, they say is a key to success and Peacemothers in Kunduma village, Fiama chiefdom, Kono district are very enthusiastic to ensure that their children are exposed to quality education in that part of the country. After their… 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 »
Apology Given for 14 People Shot Dead in the War
During a Fambul Tok bonfire, in front of hundreds of villagers, one of the relatives of those shot dead told how 14 innocent people were killed by members of the Sierra Leone Army during the early days of the war in Bunumbu town, Peje West chiefdom, Kailahun district. Testifying at a bonfire in Bunumbu town… 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 »
Kailahun District takes full ownership of Fambul Tok
On February 13, 2013, people gathered in chairs under a grove of trees on the outskirts of Kailahun town, the capital city of Kailahun District, to talk about Fambul Tok in their district, in a virtual repeat of the scene from 5 years earlier, when stakeholders from across the district gathered for one of the… 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 >