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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.

In three short weeks, the 2013 Fourth Estate Summit will be taking place. The Summit will also be playing host to the Common Good Exchange, a feature of over 50 organizations and brands. The Common Good Exchange will give participants of the Summit the opportunity to build connections with top organizations and brands at the […]

Over the course of three days, 34 community leaders from northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and southeast Central African Republic (CAR) converged in Gulu town of northern Uganda to attend a cross-border community sensitization conference intended to familiarize the group with the origin of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and to draw strategies to […]

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.

All secondary schools in Uganda have a Head Boy & Head Girl who are appointed student leaders. They help coordinate between staff and students, representing the needs of the students to teachers, and the authority of teachers to students. In most cases they are democratically elected; they write an application, and then the student body votes. […]

The Legacy Scholarship Program university beneficiaries had the opportunity to learn more about how to thrive after and while still at the university through a workshop that was organized to empower, motivate and inspire students to make good use of the available resources. The students were taught skills in speaking, presenting and driving, and advised […]

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.

“You might think your mother is the best cook in the whole world, until you try eating from your neighbors house.” These were the words of Susan, one of the participants during Invisible Children Uganda’s (ICU) Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA) exchange visit to in Pader district.  Susan was explaining how important it is […]

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 […]