Journalist Ibrahim Seibureh, November 7th, 2001:

Hope Sierra Leone bringing smiles to Sierra Leone

“For quite a long time now, being a driver in Sierra Leone is considered as a less fortunate job for school dropouts or for those that never darken the walls of an educational institution.

This spell seem to be now a thing of the past as a fellow Sierra Leonean in Denmark has brought hope to drivers in the country...”
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Concord Times (Freetown), 31st October, 2001:

Drivers Sign Twinning Agreement With Denmark

“The Sierra Leone Motor Drivers and General Transport Workers Union Tuesday signed a twining and partnership agreement with the Denmark Transport Workers Union...”

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Concord Times (Freetown), 31st October, 2001:

Hope - Smiles Brought to Child Amputees

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Concord Times (Freetown), 25th October, 2001:

Hope-Sierra Leone to Boost Drivers

“John Bangura, the founder of HOPE-Sierra Leone is in Freetown with a team of trade union experts on a feasibility study on how to help alleviate the problems of the transport sector in the country.
Bangura who lives in Denmark is in town with the team including Pia Bak Jørgensen, Chairman Labour Movement International Forum in Denmark, Steen H. Pedersen, Vice President, Transport Workers Union and Kaj Erik Hansen, SID General Workers Union in Denmark arrived Sunday...”
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National TV and radio:

Sierra Leone national televison and radio stations have covered extensively the Hope - Sierra Leone reconciliation initiative in May and June, 2001.

The high level talks in Switzerland caused Sierra Leone newspaper headlines like "Peace Talks in Geneva".

www.sierra-leone.org, August 3rd, 2001:

"Representatives from Sierra Leone's warring sides gathered this week in the Swiss town of Caux sur Montreaux for a conference on peace-building, sponsored by an arm of the Swiss Foundation for Moral Rearmament, Agenda for Reconciliation.

Former AFRC junta leader Johnny Paul Koroma (pictured right), who is now chairman of the government's Commission for the Consolidation of Peace, travelled to Switzerland for the week-long conference, as did legislator Elizabeth Lavalie, the former Acting Deputy Speaker of Parliament. Omrie Golley (left), the chairman of the RUF's Political and Peace Council, was also present. The Sierra Leoneans are among some 400 persons from 60 countries examining various peace-building and conflict-resolution issues. Koroma and Golley, who are subject to separate international United Nations travel bans, were granted waivers by the U.N. Security Council to attend. The conference, which started on Sunday, runs through August 5."