Intern spotlight // International Programs
Meet Lauren. We can’t get enough of her. Really though. Lauren is currently interning with Invisible Children for her third non-consecutive internship season. We were sad to see her leave for a little while she finished an International Affairs degree at James Madison University and spent a year au pairing in France, but – fortunately for […]
10 reasons why you don’t want to fundraise for #zeroLRA
From now until December, we are asking you to raise money for the men, women, and children still affected by LRA violence in East and central Africa. We know it’s a tall order, so we’re addressing 10 things that might be preventing you from diving headfirst into fundraising. Prepare to have all your #zeroLRA campaign […]
Intern spotlight // Office Management
Meet Savannah. After growing up in Houston, graduating high school at 16, getting a degree in Psychology at 20, and getting married at 22, Savannah decided there was only more thing she needed to make her young and already-impressive life complete: an internship with Invisible Children. If you walk through the doors of our San […]
Is this still a thing?
Behind Invisible Children’s official Facebook page are real people, and I am one of them. And as I sift through the comments on our timeline, this is what I see the most: “Is this still a thing?” The KONY 2012 campaign began and ended in 2012. But Invisible Children has been a company since 2004, and will continue […]
Intern spotlight // Donor Administration
Meet Rebecca. Or, should I say, British Becca. Our beloved Donor Administration Intern came all the way from the UK to join the Development Team after graduating from Oxford University. But it’s not just her charming accent or clever intellect that we love about her: Becca is a integral member of the Development Team, 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 […]
ICRC estimates that at least 10,000 people are still missing from northern Uganda
Often, when we think about Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) we think of those still held captive, those killed, and the nearly 440,000 who are currently displaced. Yet there’s another number that may surprise you. Camilla Matteucci, the protection coordinator at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) estimates that at […]
What does fox say? // viral video sparks controversy
What does fox say? It’s an age-old question that Norwegian duo Ylvis is attempting to answer in its latest music video. The group is comprised of Bård and Vegard Ylvisåker, and simply put, they’re weird. Surprisingly, the video has already racked up nearly 2.5 million views – and counting – since it was uploaded three […]
Obal Denis’s faceless portraits of northern Uganda
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 […]
Kunangbangate Belaha receives the 2013 Peace Award during Fourth Estate Summit
Kunangbangate Belaha keeps a list. It’s a reminder of what has been stolen from his community in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and way a to keep track of when it is returned. Kunangbangate, also know as Kun, refers to this list as “the list of invisible children” and on it are the names of children […]