Blog Updates and inspiration

The band OneRepublic has teamed up with Ad Council and Save The Children to record a song based off the heartbeats of children in Malawi and Guatemala for a campaign called Every Beat Matters. They used heartbeats, people. Actual heartbeats. Using a specialized stethoscope connected to an iPhone (technology today!), the data was then sent to OneRepublic. Most […]

Returning from school holidays, secondary students from Invisible Children’s Legacy Scholarship Program, together with their parents, were called to a gathering called “Family Involvement as an Opportunity for Holistic Development of a Child.” Parents were given a platform to share words of encouragement with their children as they head back to school. The parents not […]

Here’s the most important question of the day: have you heard of Dallas Clayton? If so, bravo. If not, I am so honored to be the one to tell you about him. Saying he’s a children’s book author just doesn’t sound like enough of an explanation of what he does. Yes, he writes. Yes, he […]

Trying to better the world is a driving force behind Invisible Children. But the passion and devotion people put into the movement is what keeps it going. In the busy world of IC, campaigns and projects are always extremely multifaceted and it often takes more than the internal staff to make it all happen. Enter: Invisible Children volunteers. […]

To help local charities thrive, Chase Community Giving is awarding a total of $5 million in grants to a handful of organizations across the country this year. We were fortunate recipients of a $1 million grant from Chase in 2010 and it was a major stepping stone for Invisible Children. Charities win the grants based […]

Protests in Libya brought on by an obscure U.S. film that ridiculed Islam’s prophet Muhammad, escalated into a fiery attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. One protest resulted in the killing of four Americans, among them U.S. Ambassador to Libya John Christopher “Chris” Stevens. In a statement released today, President Barack Obama vowed to […]

September 11, 2001. We all remember exactly where were, what we were doing, and how we felt when we heard the disastrous news about the World Trade Centers. But for Frank Culbertson, his memories of that day are as unique as they come. You see, Frank’s an astronaut. When he realized what was happening in his beloved country, […]

After years of tension between North and South Korea, the governments will resume dialogue to discuss South Korea’s plan to provide humanitarian aid to the North. Brought on after flooding and typhoons severly damaged regions of North Korea, the South Korean Red Cross Society first offered aid last week. For the first time in two years, North Korea has decided to accept aid from the […]

I’m always up for some cool photography, and my new favorite go-to is a website called Light Stalking. They have weekly challenges where they pick a new topic and photographers are invited to submit their pictures. This week? Reflections. (Photo credit: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Globally, 775 million adults (over the age of 15) are unable to read or write. The adult literacy rate in Uganda is 73.2%. This places them in an extremely vulnerable position, in which something as simple as opening a bank account or signing for a loan presents barriers because of the inability to read or sign […]