Blog Updates and inspiration

Invisible Children supported a new school in Dungu this month with tools and equipment, giving students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a variety of trades. Dungu has been hit hard by the affects of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and has a large population of displaced people, placing an intense strain on already […]

[Invisible Children Music: We firmly believe that music has a necessary role in giving social movements tremendous amounts of momentum. It is a universal language, and at Invisible Children, it’s important for us to be a part of that language.] Malika Quemarais is a champion of social justice, kindness, and good music. We asked her to […]

The psychedelic pop band White Arrows will be embarking on a national tour starting tomorrow, and we’re incredibly excited that they want to lend their voice and platform to the movement to end Africa’s longest running war. For the past few months, we have been creating limited screen print posters for one-off concerts and tours. […]

How would you like to hit the playground and find that the swings play music as you fly back and forth? Sounds pretty fantastic, right? For Montreal residents, it’s a reality. 21 Balançoires (21 Swings) is a new project from Canadian design group Daily Tous Les Jours, who are known for making super awesome public art installations. […]

This film says all it needs to say in 10 minutes. Everything is Incredible illustrates the 50-year journey of a Honduran man’s quest to construct a helicopter. Stricken with polio at a young age, Agustin gathers all the parts he needs from the trash and constructs the machine in his home. Filmed in Siguatepeque, Honduras, filmmakers Tyler Bastian and Trevor Hill […]

[Invisible Children Music: We firmly believe that music has a necessary role in giving social movements tremendous amounts of momentum. It is a universal language, and at Invisible Children, it’s important for us to be a part of that language.] This past week has been a strange one. San Diego had multiple days with 100+ […]

Near the Guatemalan city of Escuinatla, the volcano “Volcan del Fuego” exploded with a series of powerful explosions on Thursday. Sending thick clouds of ash three miles into the air, the volcano unleashed rivers of lava down its flank. The explosions did not come as a surprise. The region’s most active volcano started to emit ash and lava earlier this month, but […]

São Paulo, Brazil doesn’t have any outdoor advertising. That’s right – no billboards, no bus ads, no posters. After the passing of the Clean City Law in 2006, the world’s fourth-largest metropolis even restricts the size of storefront signs. Nearly $8 million in fines have been issued to cleanse the landscape. While the mayor feels the residents “benefit” from […]

The band OneRepublic has teamed up with Ad Council and Save The Children to record a song based off the heartbeats of children in Malawi and Guatemala for a campaign called Every Beat Matters. They used heartbeats, people. Actual heartbeats. Using a specialized stethoscope connected to an iPhone (technology today!), the data was then sent to OneRepublic. Most […]

Returning from school holidays, secondary students from Invisible Children’s Legacy Scholarship Program, together with their parents, were called to a gathering called “Family Involvement as an Opportunity for Holistic Development of a Child.” Parents were given a platform to share words of encouragement with their children as they head back to school. The parents not […]