Stakeholders including elders,women’s leaders,youth and community members from all six sections in Upper Bambara chiefdom,Kailahun District have reviewed their Chiefdom development plan and unanimously endorsed the document.The event took place… Read more »
Posts Categorized: From the Ground: Program Updates from Sierra Leone
Fambul Tok raises concerns over 2018 General elections
Fambul Tok International-Sierra Leone has been following recent discussions and pronouncement surrounding doubt about the overall conduct of the March 7th 2018 general elections that warrants some attention as a… Read more »
District Councils agree to cascade People’s Planning Process
District Local Council chairmen of Moyamba,Kailahun and Koinadugu have unanimously agreed to cascade the People’s Planning Process(PPP) to all chiefdoms in the three districts and with the best practices and… Read more »
Kailahun stakeholders agree on joint revenue collection
One of the several problems that continue to affect development of Kailahun district has to do with sour relationships among traditional leaders(Paramount Chiefs) and Councilors It is evident that there… Read more »
IDPDC collaborates with District Office for peaceful elections
A team of civil society activists,youth representatives and members of the Koinadugu Inclusive District Peace and Development Committee will leave Kabala township tomorrow,September 16,2016 for Falaba and other villages in… Read more »
Moyamba stakeholders meet to harmonize revenue collection
For the past years,the collection of revenue(property tax,local tax,evacuation fees etc) by local authorities on one hand and the Moyamba District Council on the other had been very difficult.This is… Read more »
Fambul Tok writes President Koroma
In an open letter to His Excellency President Dr.Ernest Bai Koroma,dated 23rd August 2016,Fambul Tok International Sierra Leone has called for an independent and inclusive panel of investigation into the… Read more »
IDPDC to engage chiefs,Councilors to resolve impasse
The Kailahun Inclusive District and Peace and Development Committee(IDPDC) in its first meeting has resolved to organize a one day stakeholders’s meeting at the end of the month to settle… Read more »
Prof. Kandeh calls for local mobilization of resources
Moyamba District Council chairman who is also chair of the Inclusive District Peace and Development Committee(IDPDC) has emphasized the need for organizations and communities in the district to put hands… Read more »
Development needs to go beyond where better roads stop-John Caulker
The Executive Director of Fambul Tok International-Sierra Leone says organizations working with communities especially in the post ebola era in Sierra Leone should not only focus their activities on communities… Read more »
PPP News and Events
Training for Community Welfare and Mediation Committee members/Peace Mothers animators in Sanda Taindaren
Training sessions for members of the Community Welfare and Mediation Committee (CWMC)members and Peace mothers’ animators have started in Kalangba section,Sanda Taindaren chiefdom,Karene district.It was held in Mathoir village where participants were drawn from fifteen villages. In his address,Acting section chief Amadu Kargbo said it was a dream come... Read More >
Former fighter reconciles with community members
Former rebel fighter in Sierra Leone’s civil war Bockarie Marah has asked his people of Sengbeh chiefdom,Koinadugu district to forgive him in the interest of peace and national cohesion.He was testifying during burn fire ceremony in Gbenikoro village very recently. He said he was absent during traditional reconciliation ceremonies... Read More >