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A typical sight from the road outside of Invisible Children Uganda’s main office in Gulu.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Lake Bunyonyi, an ever idyllic sight in southwestern Uganda

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 […]

Much like yourself, we just returned from the holiday break. It’s been a little difficult to return to the office with San Diego being one of the only warm places in the country, but we’re committed to the work, alas here we are. I asked my colleagues what they got up to over the break […]

Invisible Children supporters know a little something about giving a damn about the world. And when they get together in a confined space, it’s safe to say their A-game empathy successfully addresses solutions to global issues (see: Fourth Estate Summit). The good news: We’re hosting our 2014 Fourth Estate Summit this August and applications are […]