Photo Friday // VSLA Groups Turn Words into Action
At their yearly action audits, members of Invisible Children’s Village Savings and Loan Associations reflect on the challenges they faced during the savings cycle, discuss best practices for managing their money and consider what they learned along the way. One of the major takeaways often centers around empowerment. All of the participants of our VSLA […]
Uganda’s newest women’s advocate? She’s one of ours.
When Acan Brenda selected her course of study, she knew immediately that she wanted to be a social worker. The chance to “work hand in hand” with her local community? Sounds like a winning idea. Brenda, a graduate of the Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP), completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences from Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda […]
Photo Friday // Do a Little Dance
A member of a traditional Acholi dance group performs at a graduation ceremony for some of our Legacy Scholarship Program beneficiaries. The dancers performed multiple times during a break in the day’s speeches and awards. Culture in northern Uganda is particularly rich and many ceremonies such as this with include entertainment from a traditional dance or […]
Why Water?
Have you heard about our Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program? This project hasn’t gotten a lot of publicity lately, but it is no less important than the rest of the work Invisible Children has done in northern Uganda. It’s also unique, in that the program is almost entirely community led. Not long after Invisible Children supports a community by digging […]
Pabo Secondary School // Our scholars are beating the odds
Four members of the Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP) are currently attending Pabo Secondary School (Pabo SS), and each student fits into one or more vulnerability categories. These categories were developed by Invisible Children in 2005 in order to identify students in northern Uganda who are facing the greatest needs. In many cases, these vulnerabilities – where the student […]
Photo Friday // The power of sports
Casual Fridays at Invisible Children’s main office in Gulu, Uganda are characterized by staff wearing a bright array of Invisible Children T-shirts. One commonly seen in our education office reads “Sports as a Tool for Mentoring” on the back. In addition to supporting the intellectual development of young people in northern Uganda through our Legacy […]
Uganda // Remembering Olanya Columbas
Invisible Children Uganda is in mourning as we remember Olanya Columbas, a member of the Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP) who passed away this week due to health complications. Five members of the Invisible Children Uganda staff attended his burial, reflecting on the great contributions that Olanya made to LSP and to his greater community despite the challenges he […]
Why We Need to Stop Joseph Kony // Uganda staff responds
Millions of people, including the displaced, the dead, the maimed and the formerly abducted, were left behind in the wake of Joseph Kony and his army’s exodus from Uganda. The LRA broke apart families and interrupted the educational and economic opportunities that northern Ugandans depended on for their futures. As the region recovers, the LRA continues […]
Photo Friday // Who Made Your Mend Bag?
Since it was launched in 2013 Mend’s Mini Messenger bag has received quite a few compliments. It is compact when compared to our traditional Messenger bag, comes in three beautiful colors and features genuine leather accents and durable canvas. What’s not to love? At Invisible Children, we are more excited by the fact that this bag was […]
DR Congo’s step to end sexual violence and child recruitment
We live in a world where hundreds of thousands of women and girls are trafficked within and across borders each year, sexual exploitation runs rampant, and 603 million women live in countries where domestic violence is not outlawed. In this same world, rebel groups, such as Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, continue to abduct children into their […]