Legacy Scholarship: now recruiting
The Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP) is announcing 100 available university scholarships for students from northern Uganda. For details on the scholarship requirements and the application form, click here. The LSP provides merit-based scholarships and mentoring to motivated and talented secondary and university students from northern Uganda who were affected by the LRA conflict. Through increased […]
Centre Elikya: photo update
Since January of 2011, Invisible Children has been working diligently with its partners to establish the very first rehabilitation center in DR Congo focused on LRA-affected youth. Even during construction, the Centre (appropriately named Centre Elikya, meaning “hope” in Lingala), has been counseling traumatized children from the local Dungu area since October 2011. An exciting […]
Meeting environment’s futuristic demands
It happened again. Earlier today I was sucked into the never-ending browsing world of Facebook. But thanks to my friends at Eco-Rooted, all that time browsing wasn’t wasted after watching this video they shared. “The Invisible Helmet,” a featured short created by Focus Forward Films highlights a final design project two friends took on to help […]
Extraordinary award for an extraordinary man
We couldn’t be happier for Abbé Benoît Kinalegu. He has been awarded the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism by Human Rights Watch (HRW), an organization dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. Extraordinary, indeed. A priest and director of the Commision Diocesaine Justice et Paix (CDJP), Abbé Benoît has done an immense amount of work to assist LRA-affected communities. Invisible […]
A chance at peace
Ranking second in the world’s highest murder rate, El Salvador is considered to be one of the world’s most dangerous regions—the result of a country troubled by civil wars and decades of gang warfare. For the past 160 days, El Salvador’s residents have witnessed firsthand the result of what peace can bring as two of […]
Uganda for the gold
For Uganda, this year’s Olympic closing ceremony held special significance. Ugandan Stephen Kiprotich unexpectedly took the gold in the marathon on Sunday, only the second time in history that Uganda has won gold. The last time was 40 years ago when John Akii-Bua won the gold for the men’s 400 meter hurdles in the 1972 Olympics. […]
The Rocketboys & BEARCAT: Fall U.S. Tour
You’ve heard them on Monday Mini Mixtapes. You’ve checked them out online. Now it’s time to see them live. The Rocketboys and BEARCAT are co-headling a Fall U.S. Tour, starting at the end of the month. We’re very pleased to announce that the bands were kind enough to name the tour after us to further […]
Summer 2012 Olympics: All things closing ceremony
We’re not quite ready to let go of the Summer 2012 Olympics, especially after this photo spread we found in The Atlantic. Three words: Spice Girls Reunion. Check out all the photos here. (Photo credit: The Atlantic)
Monday Mini Mixtape #27
“When you come in on Monday and you’re not feeling real well, does anyone ever say to you… sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays?” Well, good day Monday Mini Mixtape Music Lovers. Hopefully it’s been a good start to the end of a great weekend filled with meteor showers, road trips through […]
It’s not a hand out but a hand up
College life can be stressful. For thousands of young adults, the life of a student has become a balancing act of dealing with classes, internships, organizations, part-time (full-time) jobs, and a social life. Add in relationship/pet/car trouble and you could easily find yourself in a royal mess. Year Up, an organization operating out of 10 […]