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For Valentine’s Day, the Mend seamstresses were given messages of appreciation from customers who bought their bags. When you purchase a bag from Mend, you can register it on the website and send a personal message to the woman who made your bag. Mend is a social enterprise geared toward improving the quality of life […]

The finishing touches are being put on the Schools for Schools (S4S) project at Sacred Heart School in Gulu. The completed project is a three-story building with 18 classrooms. The top two floors were built by Invisible Children Uganda with the help of schools across the US who donated in the S4S campaign. The Schools […]

With this week marking the beginning of the 2013 school year in Uganda, the secondary students in Invisible Children Uganda’s Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP) shared what they have been up to for the past two months while on holiday. “Over the weekends I have been weeding potatoes at Kirombe, while weekdays are strictly reserved for […]

At around 10AM, the sewing machines come to a stop and the ladies of Mend gather outside to take tea, share stories, and even do some hair styling. Mend improves the quality of life for women in Gulu, Uganda, who were directly affected by the LRA conflict. This social enterprise produces high-quality handbags while providing […]

“I hate it when someone says ‘I cannot do something.’ Anyone in this world can do something to make a difference.” David Ocitti sits in his friend Patrick’s home, looking through photos from his graduation last Saturday. David has relentlessly pursued his education, despite all setbacks. Held captive by the LRA for 6 months, David […]

Just this morning, we welcomed a group of students and staff from Franklin College in Indiana who were traveling through Uganda and decided to swing by the Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) office while in Gulu. Obviously everyone can’t just hop on a plane to Uganda, but we thought you might like a peek inside the […]

In Nwoya district in northern Uganda, the Invisible Children Uganda team is working with TechnoServe to drill 8 new boreholes. In Gulu district they are drilling 4 new boreholes. That’s 12 clean water sources that will make communities healthier and safer.

In the Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) lobby display case, some small reed bracelets caught the eye of Mr. Owor Deogratius Fredrick, director of Rocola Robugeco Uganda Ltd. printing company in Gulu. Fredrick remembered seeing his parents wear the simple, adjustable bracelets when he was a child, and they always held a fascination for him. “I […]

The year 2013 is just getting started, but it’s shaping up to be a big year for the staff of Invisible Children Uganda (ICU). Whether planning to buy land or become the next Olympic champion, the staff will be busy making this year an exciting one. Here are the expectations of a handful of the […]

Coming this Christmas: The Teacher Reciprocal Exchange! Six teachers from northern Uganda will be coming to teach in classrooms across the U.S. this December and January. They are assigned a partner teacher and will be able to learn new skills and techniques in the classroom as well as share their own teaching styles and culture […]