Forgiveness is the way forward
Jean Mbokihinie Koumboyo does not have any photographs of his daughter Adeline. In fact, he has not seen her in more than seven years. In 2008, when Adeline was just 12 years old, she was kidnapped by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and was forced to join the rebel group during one of the […]
On the Radar: 10 abducted in CAR – 7 escape, 2 children remain in captivity
Around 3 p.m. on December 2nd, a large group of LRA forces abducted five civilians from fields near Kpabou, Central African Republic. They then continued on to the community itself, where they abducted five more civilians and looted food and the HF radio battery. The LRA used the abductees as porters for the looted goods. […]
UPDATE : 19-year-old escaped from LRA // Walked 11 days alone in the bush to safety
On Saturday a 19-year-old male, Issa Guy Parfait, escaped from the LRA after more than a year in captivity. Guy was abducted in July of 2013 from his home in the Central African Republic on his way back from working in the peanut fields. He was taken along with two other young males and […]
KONY 101 // DOES THE LRA HAVE ANY ALLIES?
Joseph Kony has been spreading terror across East and central Africa for 27 years; nine years ago, the International Criminal Court indicted him for his crimes, making him one of the most wanted men on the planet. Since then, the LRA has been able to hide and survive in some of the remotest parts of […]
Reblog // How Kony ‘hibernates’ to evade capture
As we work to protect communities from the violence of Joseph Kony’s rebel army, Ugandan and United States military forces are leading efforts to find him once and for all. But the man we made famous in 2012 is still eluding capture. Though he is thought to be hiding in Kafia Kingi, recent defectors admit that they have not had […]
Invisible Children Values // Jump first, fear later
Have you ever jumped off a cliff? Okay, maybe that’s a little too much, but have you ever challenged yourself? Pushed yourself to do something that scared the bejeezus out of you? And maybe in that moment, you took a deep breath and jumped. You did it. And if you are reading this, you survived. And […]
Photo Friday// Marie Francine
Today is World Refugee Day, and so today’s photo Friday is in recognition of the hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people as a result of LRA violence—and those who are doing something about it. This is Marie Francine. She and her husband live in Obo, a town in southeast Central African Republic […]
Have you got what it takes to be our Projects Officer, Central African Republic?
We don’t think it’s arrogant to say that our Central African Republic (CAR) office in Obo is made up of extraordinary individuals – and we’re looking to add to the team. We asked our outgoing Project Officer Sebastien Porter to tell us what it takes to thrive in his job, and to give some advice […]
Take Action: Help end the violence in Central African Republic
We have an important chance to help stop the mass violence in Central African Republic, but we don’t have a lot of time – we need you all to take action today. Some of you know that we’ve been following the crisis in the Central African republic, which erupted in March 2013. Thousands have been […]
A city on lockdown: Bangui, Central African Republic
Around the world, Sunday is a day for soccer. On Sunday May 25th, three young people in Bangui (the capital of Central African Republic, CAR), were on their way to a match between Muslims and Christians. The match was to be a part of community efforts for reconciliation in a country that continues to suffer […]