Asiimwe Proscovia // “Education is the source of everything”
Proscovia missed her official graduation from Gulu University in October because she was on tour with Invisible Children in the United States. Since returning to Uganda in December, she celebrated her graduation again with other recent graduates of the Legacy Scholarship Program from across the region. She also began working at Sacred Heart Secondary School, one of Invisible […]
Aciro Lucy // Shaping her future
When Aciro Lucy returns to school at the start of next term, she will be entering her final year of university as a candidate for her Bachelor’s of Science in economics. She is currently searching for an internship in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, that will give her real life experience in her field […]
Meet (soon-to-be) Doctor Geoffrey Onekgiu
When he was young, Geoffrey Onekgiu attended a school near to one of northern Uganda’s main hospitals. It gave him the perfect vantage point to watch some of the activities of the hospital’s staff and the people they were helping. “I used to admire how nurses and doctors work. My uncle is also a doctor and […]
LSP Success Story // Olabo Joseph
Entrepreneurial and industrious. Two words that Olabo Joseph uses to describe graduates of Invisible Children’s Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP). Joseph, a recent graduate of Kampala International University and LSP, embodies these terms himself. Having studied supplies and procurement management, he is using the managerial skills gained through his studies to make money while he begins […]
Stories from the road // Graduation party for Ugandan Roadie
This season, we are celebrating everything — every escape, every name, every life — and we are asking our supporters to do the same as we countdown to #zeroLRA. The Marciano family took celebrations to a whole new level when, after hosting our California Roadies at their home, they found out Proscovia, a Roadie from Uganda, […]