This post was written by Joseph Kargbo, Field Staff Member and Contributing Blogger from Bombali District. Peace Mothers in Paki Masabong section, Paki Masabong chiefdom, Bombali district can now walk tall with their heads up the skies. After just two years of their traditional ceremonies, women in this part of the country organized themselves to… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Updates by District
Gbenekoro Village Peace Mothers Prevent School Drop-outs
This post was written by team members in Koinadugu District. Had it not been the timely intervention of Peace Mothers in Heremakono section, Gbenekoro village, Sengbe chiefdom in Koinadugu district, two pupils of the Ahmadiyya Agricultural Secondary School and Loma Secondary School in Kabala would have dropped out of school. Tenneh Dabo and Mariama Marah… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Peace Mothers celebrate support for fish farming
As a way to empower rural women in the country in accordance with this year’s theme “Empower rural women-end hunger and poverty”, Fambul Tok International-Sierra Leone, with funds from Catalyst for Peace, and Tides Foundation in the United States has supported Peace Mothers in Koinadugu, Kono and Moyamba districts to start fish farming in their… Read more »
Fambul Tok Peace Mothers’ Fish Trade Consultations Reveals Community Progress
KOINADUGU, KONO & SHENGE – 28/01/2012 -Posted by Solomon Yarjoh As a way to enhance community reconciliation, Fambul Tok thought it fitting to organize a consultative meeting with Peace Mothers groups from Kono, Koinadugu and Moyamba with the possibility of establishing a fish trade connection. This initiative emerged from the cross-district visitation that was done… 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 »
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 >