The 5 times Joseph Kony was almost captured
Sign up to fundraise for programs that dismantle Joseph Kony’s army from within Over the past two weeks, two high-profile articles have come out revolving around counter-LRA operations in central and East Africa. The New Yorker’s “How a Texas Philanthropist Helped Fund the Hunt for Joseph Kony” and The Washington Post’s “Kony 2013: U.S. quietly […]
Stories of the missing // Ajok Dorine
Abductions by Joseph Kony’s rebel army have contributed to thousands of missing children throughout East and central Africa. This is a story of one still missing. It was almost eight years ago when Hellen Lalam last saw her daughter, Dorine Ajok. The family was living in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, and Dorine had […]
TED Talk Tuesdays // We need to talk about an injustice
I’ve given you a lot of TED Talks to watch over the past few months, but this one deserves a look. I mean it. Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, discusses the important and inextricable connection between our identity as a society, what we talk about, and what we care […]
8 things you didn’t know about Joseph Kony
For the past 27 years, rebel leader Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have been killing, mutilating, raping, and displacing innocent civilians in central and East Africa. Kony abducts men and young boys and brainwashes them into fighting in his army and abducts women and young girls to be used as sex slaves. Here are […]
Celebrate Everything // Banda FM opens in Democratic Republic of Congo
Today we celebrate the grand opening of Banda FM – the first and only independent radio station in the Bas Uele district of Democratic Republic of Congo. The radio tower transmits signals over 100km and is an impressive 300 feet tall. It provides a critical means of communication from the community to members of the […]
Invisible Children and Resolve release LRA Crisis Tracker Phase II
Sometimes (read: most times) the second try is better than the first. Trust me, I’m the second born in my family. #kidding. This is especially true in the tech world – problems are fixed, new features are added. It’s a win-win. Two great examples: the iPad 2 and the recently revamped Myspace. Yeah Myspace. Trust me. Taking […]
Stories of the missing // Akello Acii #zeroLRA
Abductions by Joseph Kony’s rebel army have contributed to thousands of missing children throughout East and central Africa. This is a story of one still missing. Anek Judita had suffered a stroke and her words were slow and halted as she recounted the story of her daughter’s abduction. Akello Acii was only 12 years old […]
Congressional debt deal includes critical funding for counter-LRA operations
This week, Congress agreed on a budget deal that would end the government shutdown and avert a national default. The legislation, which was approved at nearly the eleventh hour and subsequently signed into law by President Obama, includes a handful of funding measures that, according to Reuters, “would otherwise be handled in normal spending bills.” One of […]
Celebrate every escape // Kony’s wives and child
Celebrate everything. Every escape. Every name. Every life. On April 13, 2013, Clementine and Marie Francine were rescued from the LRA along with one of Kony’s children, a six year old boy. Both women had been forced “wives” of Joseph Kony. Marie Francine, 20, explained that Okello Joseph Kony was not her son but was […]
Let’s break it down – what are you fundraising for, exactly?
As you fundraise for #zeroLRA this season, we want to make it as easy as possible to explain to others what their money is funding. The programs listed below are the ones that our International Programs Department, in conjunction with our offices and partners on the ground, say are the most effective in facilitating the […]