Blog Updates and inspiration

Meet Heloisa and Michelle. They are two fall semester interns on the Engagement Team and responsible for making sure our supporters are well taken care of. Heloisa was born and raised in Brazil, but she knew after attending the first Fourth Estate Summit in 2011 that her love of IC was only just beginning. Now […]

Thomas, a student in the Legacy Scholarship Program, is heading back to school on Monday! “I want to be a doctor in future,” said Thomas. “I should put much effort into some subjects like biology, chemistry and physics.” It’s a good thing physics is his favorite subject!

June 21, 1998 LRA rebels raided Lamwolode, Uganda, and brutally kidnapped a ten-year-old boy named Opondo. He was stolen from his family, forced to kill innocent civilians, and brainwashed into believing that escape was impossible. March 2013 15 years later, while listening to an Invisible Children sponsored program on UBC Shortwave radio, Opondo overheard former […]

The following is written by Invisible Children CEO Ben Keesey, as seen on The Huffington Post. The Situation in Syria Is Terrible, but What Does It Have To Do With Me? For many years, this would have been my perspective on the tragedy playing out in Syria right now. My worldview insulated my empathy from […]

I could sit here and bullet all the reasons you should invite our Roadies to your school this fall (it wouldn’t be hard—there are countless reasons). But you know that we at Invisible Children love a good story, so instead I will introduce you to Drake Alexander. Drake is a junior at Justin-Siena High School […]

Last week the Livelihood team was busy preparing community facilitators to teach basic reading and numeracy skills to the 161 groups in Invisible Children Uganda’s Village Savings and Loan Associations program. Community facilitators are responsible for training the groups in savings, leading adult literacy classes and advising groups on starting up income generating activities. A […]

A very good friend of mine recently wrote the following: “I’m beginning to think that the far worse outcome of our lives is that we would forever remain afraid and unwilling to create something beautiful because of the conviction it requires.” When I first listened to the debut EP Don’t Forget Me by Le Wrens, I’m was immediately […]

We’re back to the grind at Invisible Children Uganda and kicking off another week by talking with more of our staff members about their favorite days on the job. Concy Ayet, our logistics officer, has been working with ICU since August 2012.  She keeps our programming running smoothly, including the ever-important task of managing ICU’s […]

When TED Radio Hour (a co-production of NPR and TED) explored what defines millennials in their segment, “The Next Greatest Generation?,” they looked to Natalie Warne’s 2011 TEDxTeen talk for an answer. Entitled “How can young people make an impact?,” Natalie recounts her experiences as a young teenage activist organizing rallies, mobilizing fellow activists all […]

The following was written by Hillie Brumfield, an intern on our Engagement Team. Some might say that taking time off from school, moving to an unfamiliar city, living in a house with strangers, and starting an internship you’ve never tried before classifies you as “fearless.” But for me, I became an Invisible Children intern because […]