IC Uganda debuts bi-annual newsletter
Invisible Children was built around the idea that a compelling story could change the world, so it only makes sense that members of our Invisible Children Uganda office (ICU) would want to share theirs. They recently released the first edition of a newsletter called “Invisible Voice”. The bi-annual newsletter will be distributed to Invisible Children’s partners […]
Reblog // Ugandan newspaper highlights Sunday Okello
The below article was recently published in the Ugandan newspaper, The Observer. As a former Invisible Children Legacy Scholarship Program beneficiary, Sunday Okello went from living in an internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp to heading to the United States to attend Franklin College in Indiana, where one international student each year is given a full-tuition scholarship. And you […]
On the job at IC Uganda // part 2
It’s Monday again! Time for another round of “why I love to go to work” with the Invisible Children Uganda staff. Lorna Peace has been working at IC Uganda since 2009. She said that her favorite day(s) are the ones when she gets to conduct career guidance at one of the Schools for Schools partner […]
Schools for Schools: kicking off computer use
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 […]
Village Savings: building a business
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), […]
Uganda: Photo Friday
Girls at Sacred Heart Secondary School are deep in study this week for their upcoming exams.
Gauging the impact of our Teacher Exchange Program
The following was written by Mercy Southam, Invisible Children’s Uganda Programs Coordinator. While she primarily works out of our San Diego Headquarters, she is currently working in our Gulu, Uganda office while doing research and gathering information for our Teacher Exchange Program. Since 2007, Invisible Children has hosted the Teacher Exchange Program (TEX) – a cross-cultural […]
Where is Sunday now?
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 […]
Reblog // Post Civil Conflict: Rebuilding Education in Northern Uganda
Invisible Children’s Teacher Exchange Program (TEX) was recently featured on GoAbroad.com. The below guest post was written by Catherine Hanna, the Program Facilitator of TEX, and discusses how TEX began as a professional development opportunity both for Ugandan and North American teachers, and is now helping to rebuild education in northern Uganda. Applications for the 2014 […]
On the job at IC Uganda
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. […]