Blog Updates and inspiration

Education has long been considered the universal pathway to a better future, and that has never been more evident than with our Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP). The program, funded by Invisible Children supporters, grants merit-based educational scholarships to secondary and university students. 62% of LSP alumni are using their education to give back to their communities […]

Ojok Samuel was one of the first 100 students to join the Legacy Scholarship Program in 2005. Today, he is a shining example of how education programs can make an impact and of the successes motivated students can achieve. After completing his A Levels with the help of a scholarship from Invisible Children, Samuel attended […]

Seeing a cow, a sports car and a soccer player interacting harmoniously is not a typical site. Unless one is looking at the walls of the World Vision Uganda Children of War Rehabilitation center in Gulu, Uganda. Art therapy has proven to be an incredibly effective method of counseling for youth who have and are […]

We recently came across a collection of photographs, discovered in Gulu, Uganda, by Italian photographer Martina Bacigalupo. New York Times columnist Maya Lau, describes the discovery: Visiting the town of Gulu in northern Uganda, the Italian photographer Martina Bacigalupo happened upon discarded portraits with the subjects’ faces removed. They led her to the Gulu Real […]

The following was written by Mercy Southam, Invisible Children’s Uganda Programs Coordinator. While she primarily works out of our San Diego Headquarters, she is currently working in our Gulu, Uganda office while doing research and gathering information for our Teacher Exchange Program. Since 2007, Invisible Children has hosted the Teacher Exchange Program (TEX)  – a cross-cultural […]

Invisible Children doesn’t stop at documenting atrocities or activating youth or protecting civilians or rehabilitating post-conflict communities. We do it all. And we do it through a four-part model that focuses exclusively on the LRA conflict, addressing it in its entirety: immediate needs and long-term effects. One of the four parts of the comprehensive model is Recovery. […]

A couple of months ago I wrote a series of blogs about Invisible Children’s Teacher Exchange program. Ugandan educators were spending six weeks in the U.S. team-teaching in American classrooms and we were publishing their insights on experiences inside and outside the classroom. In sifting through their journal entries and photos, I felt a kindred connection […]

“I see no way of thanking Invisible Children for supporting me through school, other than through giving back to the community,” says Peter, a student at Gulu University. Last week, university students in the Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP) took a break from studies to clean up at a health center that serves the local community. According […]

Let’s talk about water. It is a basic necessity central to human existence and it may seem inconceivable to imagine living without it. But the UN reports that 783 million people do not have access to clean water and almost 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate sanitation. What? Since 1993 there has been […]

Lacor Secondary School, one of the 11 partner schools in Invisible Children’s Schools for Schools program, recently got a new addition. Construction has been completed on a two-classroom block that can accommodate 120 students. The ribbons were cut and the keys handed over during a festive celebration on a sunny day in Gulu (but more on […]