Student Success Becomes a Family Affair
Last week, while tagging along on home visits with some of the mentors from the Legacy Scholarship Program, I found that some of the students weren’t home. “Where are they?” I wondered aloud. The simple answer? Keeping busy. When students return to school at the start of February, they will have had two months to […]
What we’re reading: The Alchemist
[Disclaimer: Most book reviews are written for one of two reasons. You either love the book or you hate it. In true millennial fashion, I felt lukewarm. So here we are.] Here at Invisible Children, we love a good story. So it’s no surprise that we also love a good book (it may be important […]
Uganda: Photo Friday
A typical sight from the road outside of Invisible Children Uganda’s main office in Gulu.
An in-depth look at the conflict in South Sudan
The civil war in South Sudan continues to devastate the national population and threaten regional stability. Despite formal negotiations between the camps of President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar, the war continues with little optimism that these diplomatic efforts will prove successful. The war was initially framed by the international media as an “ethnic […]
LSP: Always Thinking of the Future
Marylyne, a mentor from the Legacy Scholarship Program, unfolded the white piece of paper that Aol Kevin handed to her. She looked on approvingly. Kevin had performed well – receiving marks of good, very good or excellent in almost all of her subjects in the recent school term. Kevin, a student at Saint Mary’s College […]
On the Job at ICU: Reuniting Families
You may remember meeting Jacob Okello, a mentor from Invisible Children Uganda’s field office in Pader district, through our blog a few months back. At the end of last year, Jacob transitioned into his new role as Invisible Children’s Regional Family Tracing Assistant. Now based out of Gulu, Jacob works directly with formerly abducted persons who recently […]
2014 kicks off with two LRA escapees in CAR
Last week two individuals independently defected from Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Central African Republic. On January 6, a young Central African mother came out of the bush near her home community, Fodé, with her two sons who are just nine months and three years old. She was abducted by the LRA […]
11 things you don’t know about Invisible Children
I have progressively found that when I mention a random fact about Invisible Children to someone (friend, husband, person on the street), they’re surprised. Thus, this helpful list of tidbits. 1. We have six offices in Africa (Bangui, Obo, Dungu, Gulu, Pader, and Kampala), and one in San Diego, CA. 2. We have been a company […]
How do you define yourself?
When Lizzie Velásquez was in high school, someone posted a video labeling her the world’s ugliest woman. It was 8 seconds long and it went viral. Join me in being utterly outraged. Lizzie has a condition that is so rare that only two other people are known to have it; so rare that it doesn’t […]