Sierra Leone

Radio Programs

Search for Common Ground's Talking Drum Studio - Sierra Leone (TDS-SL) develops, creates, and broadcasts on all eleven stations in Sierra Leone. The formats for these programs vary and target different audiences, but their messages all have the same goal: to promote peace and reconciliation.

One such program is Golden Kids News. This news and issues program is partially initiated, reported, and produced by children. It is truly a show for kids by kids. This show engages children of mixed backgrounds who serve as producers, reporters and actors and who identify issues for and about children and advocate on their behalf.

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Strengthening Communities - Na Wi Pot

The Mano River Basin, encompassing the forest region where Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia meet, is a particularly vulnerable region as an epicenter of conflict and atrocities in recent wars. Since 2003, this area has been the focus of Na Wi Pot, a project that promotes peace, prevents and responds to violence in vulnerable border communities with its base in the Kailahun District of Sierra Leone. During the war, most civilians living in the area fled while the various fighting forces terrorized those that remained. Now that the war has ended and the soldiers have disarmed, many challenges face Kailahun. As refugees return to the district, the returnees and the ex-combatants need to determine how to live together as a community.

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