Providing Temporary Host Families for LRA Returnees
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to sit down with two incredible Central African women, Mama Marie-Francine and Clementine. Mama Marie-Francine founded AFASVR (Association of Host Families for Solidarity for the Victims and Escapees), which has been one of Invisible Children’s community partners in the Central African Republic (CAR), to support children affected by LRA violence. Clementine […]
Update || LRA Resolution Cosponsors
We’ve made truly remarkable progress toward ending the violence of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), but our work is not done yet. Joseph Kony remains at large and LRA violence has actually increased over the past year. Thankfully, our allies in Congress recently introduced the LRA Resolution, calling on President Obama to stay the course until LRA violence finally ends. And because of […]
Blessed are the Peacemakers || Remembering Nate Henn
This week marks the 5-year anniversary of Nate Henn’s passing. He and 75 others were killed by a terror bombing in Kampala, Uganda as they watched the final match of the 2010 World Cup. As I write this blog it’s hard for me to believe that I never had the honor of meeting Nate in person because his story has had […]
7 Long-Term LRA Escapees Report that Kony’s Health is Failing
In April, seven men escaped from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and walked for nearly two months before reaching safety at the African Union Regional Task Force (AU-RTF) base, near Obo in the Central African Republic (CAR). This group consisted of four Ugandan males, two South Sudanese males, and one Congolese males. On top of […]
Keep Fighting Joseph Kony’s LRA || REBLOG: The Daily Beast
Keep Fighting Joseph Kony’s LRA Written by: Kathryn Bigelow and Holly Dranginis ++++ In February, a man and his teenage daughter floated in a fishing boat on the Were River, deep in the heart of Garamba National Park, where Congo’s last elephants roam. Out of the forest, four armed rebels appeared, wielding AK-47s and speaking […]
Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen
A story can change the world. If you’ve been on the lookout for a good read lately, we’ve got you covered. This week, our staff has been glued to an incredible new book called Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen by Lisa Shannon and Francisca Thelin. It’s a compelling true story about a Congolese woman whose family […]
Obama Administration chooses new Special Representative to the Great Lakes Region // IC Citizen
Secretary of State John Kerry officially announced on Tuesday that he has appointed former Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) as the U.S. Special Representative for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Among the many challenging issues in Mr. Feingold’s new portfolio are the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in central […]