Blog Updates and inspiration

“My stories always affect the community,” Eric Otim explains. “My education helps me come up with good angles that will make people think about the issues.” Eric is a university graduate of the Legacy Scholarship Program, and he works as a radio presenter talking about public affairs and community issues on a community radio station. […]

Dear global supporters, One of our fellow interns from this past summer has a tattoo of the world on her back. It has no countries, no borders. Only the edges of continents shaped by the oceans around them. When asked why the tattoo has no borders, she smiles and says, “Because we don’t belong to […]

Abductions by Joseph Kony’s rebel army have contributed to thousands of missing children throughout East and central Africa. This is a story of one still missing. Ocora Geoffrey was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in June of 1993. He was 15 years old, studying at a secondary school in Atanga. His older brother, Ocaya […]

This is the post we will update with the leaderboard for the #zeroLRA trips to Uganda. The following was updated at 2:05 PM PST on December 28: 01. Erica Shay – $10,000 02. Samantha Hammer – $2,913 03. Nick Ventura – $1,990 04. Erin Deeley – $1,593 05. Cierra Webb – $950 ++ Every two […]

Last week, Invisible Children and our partners at The Resolve traveled to Brussels for a week-long advocacy gathering with local community leaders from LRA-affected areas of Central and East Africa, and with European human rights organizations EurAc, IKV Pax Christi, and Conciliation Resources. The goal of the gathering was to urge International political leaders to […]

History was made last week as the European Parliament hosted an LRA-focused forum attended by local leaders from LRA-affected areas of central Africa, European human rights organizations, U.S. human rights organizations — including Invisible Children — and Invisible Children activists from across Europe. Representatives from the European Union (EU), African Union (AU), and United Nations […]

Two weeks ago was the official launch of our #zeroLRA campaign and our supporters efforts are in full swing. We are encouraging everyone to get creative with their fundraising and they are taking that message to heart – Laura Shkouratoff being no exception. This 15-year-old from Santa Clara, California has a lot of dreams…to become […]

If a LRA member is able to escape their group, communities in the conflict affected regions of Central African Republic (CAR) , Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan are often first point of contact during a LRA member’s defection processes. Therefore, currently underway at Invisible Children’s regional office in Kampala, is a four […]

A sign at Anaka Secondary School reminds us that providing educational opportunities continues to be an important step for empowering the future leaders of Uganda.

The following  was written by Chris Szabo, a Roadie on the Heartland Team. I’m here touring the U.S. Heartland region this fall as a Roadie on a crazy adventure to end a 27-year-long war in East and central Africa led by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army. Millions have worked to end this conflict, and just […]