This year marks 20 years after the end of the Sierra Leonen civil war:
20 years of peace.
On January 18, 2002, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah declared the war over:
“Di war don don,” he said in the now famous phrase.
But that was just the beginning of a new phase in the country’s journey
as a nation. It had to deal with the multitude of socioeconomic issues
occasioned by the war, including violence against women and girls,
trauma, and very importantly, maintaining the fragile peace.
To achieve peace WAVES works along the important recommendations of the
TRC.