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In South Sudan, Invisible Children is working alongside local organizations to help community leaders promote peace and improve conditions for vulnerable groups.

Invisible Children’s programs are designed to support local organizers and community leaders in central Africa who are working toward the safety and wellbeing of their communities. We work alongside these community heroes to establish peace committees, provide them with training and resources, and tools to connect with each other. The goal is to help local […]

In honor of International Women’s Day, we spoke with two of the women on our team in CAR about their role as women in peacebuilding.

Much of Invisible Children’s work is focused in a region of central Africa largely populated by members of the Zande ethnic group. Seeking out and understanding the perspectives of Zande people is a central component of our work. So, we were excited to meet Isaac Waanzi, an aspiring Zande anthropologist. Isaac is an ethnic Zande […]

On February 4, 2021, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a verdict in the trial of former senior Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen, who surrendered to African Union forces in January 2015 after almost 30 years in the bush as an LRA rebel fighter. The ICC found Ongwen guilty of 61 out of […]

On February 4th, the ICC is scheduled to issue a verdict on former LRA commander, Domenic Ongwen. Meanwhile, the LRA continues to abduct children in central Africa.

  “Recurring issues near Sam Ouandja often involve tensions between pastoralists traveling from South Sudan and Sudan during the dry season and destroying farmers’ fields with their cattle. This was the case in the nearby community of Yangou Wassa, where farmers requested that ex-Seleka factions and local authorities take retributive action against pastoralists in May […]

After ten years in captivity and another stuck in limbo, Domenic was reunited with his family in January 2020.

In 2020, Invisible Children reunited Simon & Freddy with their family. This holiday, help give the gift of going home to others like them.

Reston, VA, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Public Interest Registry (PIR), the People behind .ORG, today named The Crisis Tracker as one of the 10 winners of the 2nd annual .ORG Impact Awards.  The community-based project was honored in the Innovation category for developing a geospatial database and reporting tool to track and analyze armed group activity and conflict-related […]