Blog Updates and inspiration

First, thank you all so much for taking action last week to make sure your members of Congress know you’re not giving up until LRA violence ends – and they shouldn’t either! But our work isn’t done. Each week this month, we’ll be giving you a new mission – easy and fun ways for you to catch […]

Paul Ronan of The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative just released a buff new report on the current state of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in central Africa as well as U.S. efforts to combat the rebel group. ++++ Nearly seven years after President Obama was elected, and five years after he signed the landmark LRA Disarmament […]

Can’t stop. Won’t stop. Over the past ten years, you and millions of others – from California to the Central African Republic – have stood together and demanded justice for Joseph Kony’s crimes and peace for the communities he has terrorized. By raising our voices together, we’ve moved world leaders to take unprecedented action to […]

It goes without saying that to be an effective and responsible activist, you’ve got to be an informed one. That’s why we love it when you geek out over the details as much as we do, and why we wanted to provide you with lots of information about the LRA Resolution and why it’s so […]

This week marks the 5-year anniversary of Nate Henn’s passing. He and 75 others were killed by a terror bombing in Kampala, Uganda as they watched the final match of the 2010 World Cup. As I write this blog it’s hard for me to believe that I never had the honor of meeting Nate in person because his story has had […]

Keep Fighting Joseph Kony’s LRA  Written by: Kathryn Bigelow and Holly Dranginis ++++ In February, a man and his teenage daughter floated in a fishing boat on the Were River, deep in the heart of Garamba National Park, where Congo’s last elephants roam. Out of the forest, four armed rebels appeared, wielding AK-47s and speaking […]

Jean Mbokihinie Koumboyo does not have any photographs of his daughter Adeline. In fact, he has not seen her in more than seven years. In 2008, when Adeline was just 12 years old, she was kidnapped by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and was forced to join the rebel group during one of the […]

After 10 years as our fearless leader, Ben Keesey is passing the torch to Lisa Dougan who will serve as Invisible Children’s new President & CEO in 2015 and beyond. Lisa has worked with Invisible Children since 2006, and there is no one more capable or qualified than her to powerfully push our mission forward. […]

Dear Supporters, Serving as the Executive Director of Invisible Children for the last ten years has been one of the most tremendous honors of my life. I am humbled to have had such an amazing opportunity to support our mission of bringing a permanent end to LRA violence. Every day I worked for Invisible Children, […]

Harnessing a simple feeling to weaken fighters in the Lord’s Resistance Army By Sean Poole   Coming home is a powerful feeling. As someone who enjoys the comforts and ease of a familiar place, I am not a prime candidate for living and working in the jungles of central Africa. The desire for home was […]