What is Fambul Tok?

Six years after the end of Sierra Leone's brutal civil war, there is still a need for sustainable peace throughout the country.

Since the eleven-year-long war ended in 2002, an internationally designed Truth and Reconciliation Committee has come and gone, while the United Nations backed criminal court is about to wrap up its final deliberations on the handful of men deemed most responsible for fomenting the conflict. Despite millions of dollars spent on these proceedings, neither body has succeeded in fundamentally changing the daily lives of Sierra Leoneans who still grapple with the aftermath of war.

Fambul Tok—Creole for "Family Talk"—is a new national initiative, run by Forum of Conscience in partnership with Catalyst for Peace, that addresses that need for change.