Moments of soul-searching that will not fail to move viewers. “The family tree will bend but never break”, as we say here. The PPP started as a post-Ebola recovery and planning initiative. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.
Explore ways to support our work and help make peace possible.Available in Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Unfortunately, in the end, despite providing for the establishment of a TRC, the Lomé Agreement of July 1999 did just that.I decided to work hard to make the TRC, which began its hearings in 2002, as credible and effective as possible. Whilst TRC recommendations have been poorly implemented and deprioritised, Fambul Tok is attempting to make local reconciliation self-sustaining, and are attempting to expand community reconciliation initiatives to the national level.In the late 1990s, I played a leading role in calling for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to be part of any peace deal ending the conflict in Sierra Leone, partly inspired by what I knew about the South African version, with its ‘truth for amnesty’ provisions.The TRC published its final report in 2004. But the idea was dismissed by the TRC.My colleagues and I within civil society then formed a TRC Working Group, a consortium of some 60 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), with the aim of ensuring that the views of Sierra Leoneans about how the TRC should go about its work were seriously considered.
Today we are working in five districts: Kailahun, Kono, Koinadugu, Moyamba and Bombali. But before we have a bonfire we undertake consultations in a community for a minimum of three months. - World Catholic Association for Communication (SIGNIS) "Shocking, inspiring and engrossing. Human rights activists like me were worried that a future peace agreement might include a blanket amnesty, which would do nothing to promote post-conflict accountability or reconciliation. Conciliation Resources is an international organisation committed to stopping violent conflict and creating more peaceful societies.We draw on our shared experiences to influence policies and improve peacebuilding practice worldwide.Everyone can be a peace champion! Liberia and Sierra Leone have both experienced over ten years of relative peace after After Fambul Tok trained its structures in that section,women from all 13 villages decided to embark on weekly... While we do have a small, talented group of paid staff at district and national level, most of the day-to-day work of Fambul Tok is being done by volunteers within their own communities.Before the conflict, Sierra Leoneans used to describe ourselves as one big family. Fambul Tok is a registered trademark of Fambul Tok ® International, and is used here with permission. My thinking was not to go with an elitist, top-down approach. It takes us to the aftermath of the brutal Civil War in Sierra Leone and shows us an organic grassroots process through which a broken country is attempting to heal its wounds. It was certainly a worthy ‘research project’ and its report was good – but the process was less so. It was always more a UN than a Sierra Leonean initiative.
We hope that the international community, the NGO community and the Sierra Leonean Government can all learn from the approach of Fambul Tok. The film was directed by journalist Sara Terry and it premiered at the South by Southwest film festival. I could not see a way forward. For us, the most important thing is building community ownership. Fambul Tok communities have ceremonies that involve invoking the spirit of ancestors and asking for their blessing. Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war come together for the first time in an unprecedented program of tradition-based truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies. Fambul Tok, which had its World Premiere at Austin's SXSW Film Festival this week, is a truly inspiring documentary. Fambul Tok (Krio for “Family Talk”) emerged in Sierra Leone as a face-to-face community-owned program bringing together perpetrators and victims of the violence in Sierra Leone’s eleven-year civil war through ceremonies rooted in the local traditions of war-torn villages. Reviews "Fambul Tok offers a home-grown approach to conflict resolution based on traditional practices where both the perpetrators and the victims have opportunity to publicly dialogue and come to terms even with the worst crimes committed." John Caulker, the Executive Director of Fambul Tok, noted that the framework would facilitate an inclusive, community-centered, rural sustainable development leading to resilient and cohesive communities across Sierra Leone. It is a long process. That apology is essential; people acknowledging their deeds is the basis for reconciliation. It looks increasingly clear that our reconciliation efforts are having real development benefits. It was more of an international tribunal with limited national accountability. Once they have found their voice, they refuse to return into the background and often work together in new economic ventures. However, challenges to long-term stability remain.
If you appease them, you are bound to have a good harvest.
It looks increasingly clear that our reconciliation efforts are having real development benefits. These are some of the ways in which Fambul Tok is a catalyst for positive change at grassroots level. The UN has withdrawn peacekeepers, free and fair Very few perpetrators testified, partly because they were worried about incriminating themselves and ending up before the Special Court for Sierra Leone, also established in 2002.By 2007 I was frustrated and burnt out. We are open to exploring what those lessons are with other activists and practitioners in the field of peacebuilding.Fambul Tok: reconciling communities in Sierra Leonemost important thing is building community ownership. “Fambul Tok” is Creole for “family talk” and the work of the group is inspired by the custom of villagers sitting around a communal bonfire discussing the day’s events. It takes a lot of time and a lot of training to help people feel comfortable to tell their stories and not be afraid. The Executive Director of Fambul Tok International-Sierra Leone,John Caulker says involvement of communities at every stage in project implementation is very vital to both community and national development.He was speaking during the restructuring of the Kasunko Kakelain chiefdom inclusive committee in Fadugu town,Koinadugu district,Wednesday,March 6,2019.