Intern spotlight // International Programs
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 every escape // George
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 […]
Uganda Celebrates Independence Day
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 […]
First #zeroLRA Uganda trip winner – Meredith Hoffman
We are proud to announce that the winner of our first Uganda trip giveaway is the one and only Meredith Hoffman. As the president of Ursuline Academy’s Invisible Children club, Meredith absolutely blew it out of the water by raising $7,276 in the past two weeks for our #zeroLRA campaign. Not only is Meredith a […]
TED Talk Tuesdays // The key to success?
Big-shot-consultant-turned-teacher Angela Lee Duckworth studied the elusive question of what makes people successful. Disclaimer: it wasn’t IQ, talent, or money. Her answer? Grit. As a teacher of seventh graders, Duckworth noticed that it was her hard-working, determined students that had the highest test scores, even if they had lower IQs compared to some of their […]
Leaders Call for Improved Efforts to End LRA Atrocities
Leaders Call for Improved Efforts to End LRA Atrocities Unprecedented meeting leads to joint civil society statement BRUSSELS, October 8 — Leaders of civil society organizations from each country affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) as well as Europe and the United States met in Brussels this week and issued a joint statement calling […]
Mend: seamstress Betty is a multi-tasking mom
During the Lord’s Resistance Army conflict, Ajok Betty’s entire family was displaced from their ancestral land, and she never finished her primary education. At the time she joined Mend, our social enterprise, Betty was struggling to pay school fees and feed her family, and her health was suffering. By joining Mend, Betty was able to […]
10 reasons why you don’t want to fundraise for #zeroLRA
From now until December, we are asking you to raise money for the men, women, and children still affected by LRA violence in East and central Africa. We know it’s a tall order, so we’re addressing 10 things that might be preventing you from diving headfirst into fundraising. Prepare to have all your #zeroLRA campaign […]
Stories of the missing // Ojok Daniel Opoka #zeroLRA
Abductions by Joseph Kony’s rebel army contribute to hundreds of missing children in central Africa each year. This is a story of one still missing. Akello Rosemary’s first born was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in September of 2002. He was only 12 years old and studying at Layibi Central. Rosemary was living with […]
From the long road south // Jedidiah’s updates from his bike trip to Patagonia, Entry #1
This is my first of many updates I am writing for the Invisible Children community about my bike trip from Oregon to Patagonia. This organization is about celebrating and defending the common humanity of us all, specifically focusing on defending the lives of children and families caught in war in central and East Africa. But […]