Dancing in the Rain // Remembering Annika Lange
Recently, Invisible Children received the difficult news that our beloved friend and supporter Annika Lange passed away unexpectedly. We had the privilege of getting to know Annika at our Fourth Estate Retreat this summer, and it’s safe to say that she was one of the brightest and sweetest 17-year-olds we have ever met. Annika’s good friend […]
Hope in motion
When a shoulder injury shattered Pedro LaTorre’s dream of becoming a professional baseball player six years ago, it left him with an uncertainty he never saw coming. With doctors telling him he’d never play baseball again, he surely didn’t expect how life-changing the injury would truly be. After meeting a young man at a Starbucks who began […]
LOBBY:DC // seedlings of hope
I am writing this as someone who had never taken part in lobbying before (#lobbyrookie – hi, I’m Krista, nice to meet you.) And now, after experiencing LOBBY:DC along with the hundreds of people who showed up to meet with their members of Congress, I am still reeling from the amazingness of it all. The […]
Gardens of hope
Planting seeds of kindness with the intention of them spreading through society was her goal. And now, 17-year-old Miranda Lynch can say that it’s a reality. She is proving that anyone can make a difference—even if it’s in another country. When Miranda was 12 years old, she began the groundwork for a non-profit based in Inzinga, […]
The world’s newest democratic society?
“We are seeing the birth of a new Libya that is as beautiful as the waves of the sea.” — Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib Libya’s Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib is confident about the independent nature of Libya’s future. As he spends his final days in office, he is not deterred by a series of bombings that […]
A visit to Kony’s former home
Australian missionary Christopher White wrote a blog post for Operation Broken Silence about his travels in South Sudan and impromptu visit to the former home of Joseph Kony. Kony occupied the residence for most of the 15 years leading up to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and what is now South Sudan in 2005. Below is an […]