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The Anaka computer lab was commissioned one year ago during a Schools for Schools trip to Uganda. Students from U.S. schools raised money for the refurbishment of a classroom at Anaka Secondary School to transform it into a computer lab with 30 workstations. Now that construction work is complete, Schools for Schools is focusing on […]

It all started with a small loan. Abwono Milly is a member of one of Invisible Children Uganda’s Village Savings and Loan Associations, and she recently started up her own business with a loan she took from the group. Milly took a loan (about $3), added it to some of her personal savings (about $2), […]

Girls at Sacred Heart Secondary School are deep in study this week for their upcoming exams.

The fifth Invisible Children film, Sunday: the story of the displaced, was released in 2007. Okello Sunday was a 15-year-old orphan living in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in northern Uganda when he met an Invisible Children team doing research for the Displace Me event. Sunday stood out to them as an exceptionally bright […]

It’s Monday morning. It’s time to go to work. Again. But instead of letting the days blur together, what if you were to pick out the highlights, the days that remind you why you always show up? Remembering you are part of something bigger might give you the energy you need to seize the day. […]

A graduate of the Functional Adult Literacy course signs her name to an attendance list after a meeting of their Village Savings and Loan Association. Before taking the literacy classes, many members of the group could only sign with a thumbprint. Now they can all write their names.

By traveling down some scenic winding roads, past some roadside restaurants, and through small clearings of grouped huts, you will arrive at Irene’s new home – a 6-room building of bright red brick. She bought the land it’s built on with money she saved up as a seamstress at Mend, our social enterprise geared toward […]

The computer lab at Anaka Secondary School, constructed by Schools for Schools. Upperclassmen take lessons in information and computer technology to prepare for national exams.

In just a short walk around the neighborhood of the Invisible Children Uganda office, you’ll find numerous small restaurants and corner shops, including this salon that pays tribute to the Francis Ford Coppola classic The Godfather.

Last week the staff and seamstresses of our social enterprise, Mend, visited The Recreation Project, an organization that utilizes a ropes course to teach “the important life skills and character-building needed to navigate a new landscape that for decades has been defined by war and conflict.” Field trips like this also support Mend’s goals of […]