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In June, we broke the news that an LRA group released 12 women and children captives to a community member in DR Congo. This LRA group also sent along a message with the community member that they would release even more women and children, but only if they heard news over the local FM radio […]

Bongomin Johnson is a student in Senior 3 at Saint Joseph’s College Layibi (SJCL). Before the conflict, SJCL was one of the top 25 schools in northern Uganda. While it suffered significantly during the war, hardworking students like Johnson are helping the school to again reach its success. Johnson hopes to be a lawyer in […]

At their yearly action audits, members of Invisible Children’s Village Savings and Loan Associations reflect on the challenges they faced during the savings cycle, discuss best practices for managing their money and consider what they learned along the way. One of the major takeaways often centers around empowerment. All of the participants of our VSLA […]

Millions of people, including the displaced, the dead, the maimed and the formerly abducted, were left behind in the wake of Joseph Kony and his army’s exodus from Uganda. The LRA broke apart families and interrupted the educational and economic opportunities that northern Ugandans depended on for their futures. As the region recovers, the LRA continues […]

Invisible Children Uganda welcomed Luis Moreno Ocampo, the former chief prosector of the International Criminal Court (ICC), to northern Uganda at the end of March. Ocampo, who led the indictment of Joseph Kony and his top commanders for war crimes, shared his support for helping communities heal from the trauma the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) […]

Hand-painted signs like this one are located at each of the 32 boreholes drilled with the help of Invisible Children’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program in northern Uganda. The images depict responsible water usage and explain how to maintain the cleanliness of the water point. Water User Committees (WUC) identified by Invisible Children are made […]

A typical sight from the road outside of Invisible Children Uganda’s main office in Gulu.

This week, we are continuing to welcome Opondo home. Invisible Children was lucky enough to be at the World Vision rehabilitation center in Gulu when he recently reunited with his family for the first time in 15 years.

“My stories always affect the community,” Eric Otim explains. “My education helps me come up with good angles that will make people think about the issues.” Eric is a university graduate of the Legacy Scholarship Program, and he works as a radio presenter talking about public affairs and community issues on a community radio station. […]

During the Lord’s Resistance Army conflict, Ajok Betty’s entire family was displaced from their ancestral land, and she never finished her primary education. At the time she joined Mend, our social enterprise, Betty was struggling to pay school fees and feed her family, and her health was suffering. By joining Mend, Betty was able to […]