A new beginning // Okot Aldo Kilama
Every child abducted by Joseph Kony’s rebel army is robbed of his childhood and a normal life — until he escapes. This is the story of a new beginning. When Okot Aldo Kilama was 13 years old, he was abducted by the LRA in the middle of a 1998 night as he was sleeping in […]
A new beginning // Otim Charles
Every child abducted by Joseph Kony’s rebel army is robbed of his childhood and a normal life — until he escapes. This is the story of a new beginning. On an afternoon in 2003, Otim Charles was 16 as he ran for his life away from LRA rebels. They caught him and took him across […]
South Sudan attacks: Update from Ezo
Just a couple weeks ago we received reports of the first LRA attack in South Sudan in over two years. It is troubling to see such disturbances in a region that had been relatively safe from LRA violence for so long. Shortly after the receiving these reports, we traveled to Ezo, the community that was […]
The 5 times Joseph Kony was almost captured
Sign up to fundraise for programs that dismantle Joseph Kony’s army from within Over the past two weeks, two high-profile articles have come out revolving around counter-LRA operations in central and East Africa. The New Yorker’s “How a Texas Philanthropist Helped Fund the Hunt for Joseph Kony” and The Washington Post’s “Kony 2013: U.S. quietly […]
Celebrate Everything // Banda FM opens in Democratic Republic of Congo
Today we celebrate the grand opening of Banda FM – the first and only independent radio station in the Bas Uele district of Democratic Republic of Congo. The radio tower transmits signals over 100km and is an impressive 300 feet tall. It provides a critical means of communication from the community to members of the […]
Staff Spotlight // Melanie
Meet Melanie. I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to this wonder woman, and would like to share some of the highlights from our conversation. So, Melanie, what does being Invisible Children’s operations manager in Dungu involve? What are your day-to-day responsibilities? I supervise the whole of the finance, HR, and administration for […]
Workshop brings together community leaders from central Africa to develop Community Defection Committees
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 […]
Stories from the road // going to extreme lengths for #zeroLRA
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 […]
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 […]
ϟ FLASH ALERT: How Opondo escaped the LRA after 15 years of captivity
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 […]