Mend: Milka’s Goats
Milka’s home is in the village over an hour from the town center of Gulu. The land is green and hilly, with livestock grazing along the side of the rust red road. Milka remembers enjoying her childhood playing outside and swimming with her friends in a river near her home. Then the Lord’s Resistance Army […]
Common Good Exchange // Blindfold Magazine
We’ll be honest – this is a double promotion. 1) We are very pleased to be able to partner with Blindfold Magazine for this summer’s Fourth Estate Summit as part of the Common Good Exchange. 2) We have a feature in the latest issue of the magazine about Invisible Children that we would love for […]
Common Good Exchange // 1Love
1Love’s mission is simple. One year, one million people, one million acts of kindness, raise one million dollars. So how does it work exactly? By joining the movement, you have the opportunity to document your act of kindness, whether it be smiling at a stranger or helping at a local animal shelter (#endlesspossibilities). For every […]
I was here
A small child is sleeping on a bed in the classroom. Fiona is about the size of a 4-year-old, but in reality she is 14. She suffers from Nodding Syndrome, a neurological disorder that has become widespread in parts of northern Uganda. The affected children experience epileptic seizures, and many are injured from falling into […]
Educator Spotlight // Jacqui Sheehan
Jacqui Sheehan is a teacher at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis and attended our original Fourth Estate Summit in 2011. We recently got to pick her brain about what her experience was like and why she thinks it would be beneficial for educators to attend the Summit this August in Los Angeles. Why is attending […]
Monday Mini Mixtape: mayFOUR
[Invisible Children Music: We firmly believe that music has a necessary role in giving social movements tremendous amounts of momentum. It is a universal language, and at Invisible Children, it’s important for us to be a part of that language.] So, it’s not Monday. However, we are dedicated to these small collections of songs. Thus, […]
Reaping the Rewards
Predominantly made up of women whose lips were cut by the Lord’s Resistance Army during the war in northern Uganda, group Rubanga Tek (God is strong) is a Village Saving and Loan Associations group in Lamwo District. The group was initiated last year with support from Invisible Children Uganda’s regional office, and so far has […]
Invisible Children co-sponsors human rights workshop in central Africa
In the Central African Republic (CAR), there are currently more than 25,000 people who have been directly victimized by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). These individuals impacted most severely by LRA violence are legally entitled to assistance from the CAR government to help rebuild their lives. However, of those 25,000 people, only one has officially […]
Common Good Exchange: An interview with Molly Thompson of Kind Campaign
This August when we convene at Royce Hall in Los Angeles for the Fourth Estate Summit, we will be gathering thousands of future-minded individuals to discuss what exactly it will take to make justice a priority and what we will need to learn to make world-change a reality. One of the many organizations joining us […]