Breaking down our four-part model: Media
Can a story change the world? We’re counting on it. Invisible Children was founded on a film. The Rough Cut made its debut in 2004 after our co-founders Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole traveled to Africa in search of a story. What started out as a filmmaking adventure transformed into much more when the […]
Four questions with Zach Barrows
We’re continuing our four-part model video series this week by featuring our Mobilization Programs. Accompanying the premiere of our weekly videos, we have a four question blog series which highlights a staff member that works within that program. Meet Zach Barrows. He is our Movement Director, a former teacher, a new dad, and most people around […]
TedxTalk Tuesdays // How to start a movement (in less than 3 minutes)
This week we’re highlighting our Mobilization programs, which are part of our four-part model. And what could possibly be more fitting than a TedxTalk called How to start a movement? Mobilization is all about getting people involved and in less than three minutes, Derek Sivers explains exactly what you need to do to create a […]
Breaking down our four-part model: Mobilization
Invisible Children doesn’t stop at documenting atrocities or activating youth or protecting civilians or rehabilitating post-conflict communities. We do it all. And we do it through a four-part model that focuses exclusively on the LRA conflict, addressing it in its entirety: immediate needs and long-term effects. One of the four parts of the comprehensive model is Mobilization. For the past […]
It’s World Refugee Day
Today a mother will leave the home where her child took his first steps. Today a son will run, not to score the winning goal, but to flee a nefarious force. Today a teenage girl will leave behind her closest friend. So, today, we pause for World Refugee Day. We remember the 38+ million refugees and internationally […]
It’s all in the delivery (pun intended)
Encouraging and facilitating the peaceful surrender of LRA combatants is one of the most effective ways to reduce threats to communities in central Africa and weaken the LRA’s ability to effectively operate. That is why defection fliers are an essential part of our Protection Programs. Invisible Children works with partner organizations and local leaders to send […]
Four questions with Sean Poole
This week we’re continuing our four-part model video series and premiering our Protection Programs. Accompanying that is our four question blog series which highlights a specific staffer who works on that specific program. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Sean Poole, Protection Program Extraordinaire. Sean is the Counter-LRA Programs Manager in our International Programs Department. He divides his time […]
LRA suspected of recent killings in the Central African Republic
It has been confirmed that at least 16 people were killed in Central African Republic (CAR) last week. The unidentified assailants, suspected to be LRA, killed six civilians and abducted an additional 12. The civilians then killed four of the attackers in self-defense. The assailants went on to kill six more, decapitating the victims in a reprisal […]
Four questions with Malorie Tull
This week we’re kicking off our four-part model video series. First up: Recovery. This week we’re also kicking off our four question blog series that spotlights one person who works on that specific model. First up: Malorie Tull. Malorie is our Uganda Program Manager and helps to oversee our Recovery programs throughout northern Uganda. After […]
Breaking down our four-part model: Recovery
Invisible Children doesn’t stop at documenting atrocities or activating youth or protecting civilians or rehabilitating post-conflict communities. We do it all. And we do it through a four-part model that focuses exclusively on the LRA conflict, addressing it in its entirety: immediate needs and long-term effects. One of the four parts of the comprehensive model is Recovery. […]