Search for Common Ground - Educating and Empowering Women in Sierra Leone

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Search for Common Ground - Educating and Empowering Women in Sierra Leone

Address

Search for Common Ground
1601 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009
United States
1-202-265-4300
http://www.sfcg.org

Mission

To change the way the world deals with conflict from adversarial approaches to cooperative solutions.

Programs

Search for Common Ground (SFCG) works in 14 countries across the globe, using innovative approaches to addressing conflict. SFCG's tools range from media to sports events to workshops and trainings, encouraging adversaries to find common ground on issues of concern.

Search for Common Ground's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Indonesia: Student Peace Film Festival Tour	Capacity-Building for Palestinian Media	Islam-Western Relations: A Youth Media Project	Songs of Peace: Supporting Musicians in Burundi
Empowering Heroes of Burundi to Promote Peace	Child Radio Journalists in Liberia	Empowering Youth in Angola to Promote Peace	Congo: Voices of Children, Child Journalists
Congo: Theatre for Reintegrating Child Soldiers	Peace Carnival in Bo, Sierra Leone	Giving Women a Voice in Guinea	Women's Education in Liberia
Educating and Empower Women in Liberia	Educating and Empowering Women in Sierra Leone	Youth Musical Center in Sierra Leone	Women's Education Fund in Sierra Leone

Personnel Overview

Frances Fortune - West Africa Regional Director
Frances oversees operations at Talking Drum Studio-Sierra Leone and Liberia, as well as the newly launched program in Guinea. She has over 18 years experience in West Africa, and has a range of creative projects to her credit, including arranging a musical peace tour of RUF-held territory and launching Sierra Leone's first radio soap opera.

Personnel Statistics

John Marks, President
Founded in 1982
Employees: 300
Volunteers: 0