At Invisible Children Uganda, we remember how two months ago a group of bright and enthusiastic supporters came by our office for the first time. We had been waiting expectantly for this group of trip winners since the #zeroLRA fundraising initiative kicked off the previous year. We are pleased to say that they impressed us with their commitment to ending Africa’s longest running war, their poignant questions, and openness to learning as much as possible about northern Uganda in such a short time.
It was a challenging campaign, but it prompted us to innovate, something Invisible Children has always done well. And having the trip winners – the exemplary fundraisers who went above and beyond to understand why we do what we do – at our office in Gulu helped our field staff to remember the strength of the commitment that people around the world have for helping us to achieve our mission.
We have said it before and we will say it again, but our ability to protect communities, help others to recover, and to give Kony’s captives opportunities to escape is only possible through the funds we can raise to expand our work.
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