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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 […]

Over the last decade, Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has targeted isolated communities in the border regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan. Because most communities in this region don’t have access to communications infrastructure that would allow them to send rapid messages to one […]

At Invisible Children, we believe in storytelling through film as a powerful way to challenge a society’s perspectives and catalyze collective action for positive change. That is why we are so excited about our newest mobile cinema film.

Every year since 2009 the world has celebrated World Humanitarian Day on August 19. This a day to recognize humanitarian workers across the globe working to promote safety, well-being, and dignity for all people, often at great personal risk and sacrifice. According to the United Nations’ Global Humanitarian Review 2020, over 167.6 million people are […]

In recent months, Invisible Children psychosocial programs, funded by USAID, have begun to have an impact on communities in central Africa.

Research shows that peace is more durable when women are included in peacebuilding. But they are often under-represented in these processes. We’re working to change that.

Even as Joseph Kony’s authority has waned and the LRA’s command structure splinters, the group remains a persistent threat to central African communities.

With small investments into sustainable livelihood projects, we’re reinforcing community resilience.

We’re working with central African peace committees to equip them with tools to address mental health needs in their communities and break cycles of violent conflict.

During a series of attacks in April and May, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) forces abducted six people, including three children, and temporarily detained and looted 92 others. While many communities are responding with strategies to reduce risk, many have been displaced by the increase in violence.