Blog Updates and inspiration

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 […]

Meet Lauren. We can’t get enough of her. Really though. Lauren is currently interning with Invisible Children for her third non-consecutive internship season. We were sad to see her leave for a little while she finished an International Affairs degree at James Madison University and spent a year au pairing in France, but – fortunately for […]

Celebrate everything. Every escape. Every name. Every life. This week, our partners at the supporter-funded rehabilitation center in Uganda gave us exciting updates about George, a recent escapee from Joseph Kony’s LRA. George’s story has inspired us throughout our current #zeroLRA campaign, and we a thrilled to show our supporters the lives they have helped […]

Willy Charles Okello remembers when his friends were learning how to ride their bicycles. He also remembers that this was when the Lord’s Resistance Army abducted them. That was Independence Day in 1998. “[The LRA] knows that, on certain days, people are very peaceful. They are celebrating and do what they can to forget about […]