Blog Updates and inspiration

There is a restaurant in Kampala, the capital of Uganda and home to Invisible Children’s regional office, with a chalkboard drawing that reminds us that peace is a global concept.

The big things are the same, it’s the small things that are different. When traveling outside of the United States, especially into something as seemingly foreign as South America, I expected it to feel very foreign. I expected at all times to feel a sense of otherness, from architecture to temperature to general societal energy, […]

What was your biggest concern when you were 12 years old? Was it making sure you left class early enough to grab a seat by your best friends in your middle school’s lunch room? Or preparing for your impending marriage to a man twice your age? According to the Council on Foreign Relations, for millions of girls across all […]

Abductions by Joseph Kony’s rebel army have contributed to thousands of missing children throughout East and central Africa. This is a story of one still missing. Bianca Akullu, a peace mediator in Adilang sub-county in northern Uganda, felt somewhat relieved when her daughter returned home after the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) abducted her. But Bianca […]

Meet future world leader Meredith Hoffman. Though, if you’ve fundraised for our most recent #zeroLRA campaign, went to the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit 2013 or have ever been to Dallas, you probably already know her. Meredith is quite a popular and loved name around the Invisible Children office. Is it because she has raised over […]

Reports from our Early Warning Network have shown a surge in LRA attacks in Nambia-Ngbangala, a village in the Haut-Uele district of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Invisible Children’s counter-LRA experts collected the reported information then analyzed it to share with partners and other counter-LRA actors in the region. Here’s what they’ve found: During the […]

Here at Invisible Children, we’re storytellers. This runs true to the apparel, accessories, and films that we produce. Invisible Children products tell this story; products made by the people of the region, benefiting those affected most. It’s winter. It’s cold. We know. (Well, actually we don’t know because San Diego has a year round average temperature […]

Who runs the world? Well, according to Beyonce, it’s girls. And if that’s true, Invisible Children will soon take over. Invisible Children’s office is packed full of some of the most impactful and talented women in the field today. The women in our offices are truly paving the way for so many other young and bright women. […]

Valentines day was a blast in the office this year. We exchanged Valentines, ate goodies, and won $5,000 from a livecharity contest. What a day! Livecharity is a digital advertising company that utilizes an individual’s internet preferences in order to generate revenue (In layman’s terms: it gives you better advertisements). It then donates half of that […]

There are reports out today that one of Joseph Kony’s most senior LRA commanders, Okot Odhiambo is dead. All unconfirmed reports of this nature should be met with caution, until they are fully verified- which will take some time. However, if confirmed, this represents a huge blow to the LRA’s leadership and command structure. Odhiambo is a […]