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 […]
A different kind of TEDxTalk Tuesday // The Last Lecture
Today I’m breaking my own rules to bring you a video that looks like a TEDxTalk, sounds like a TEDxTalk, but isn’t actually a TEDxTalk. Ever since a group of us interns sat riveted watching this video last week, I decided to throw it back to 2008, when a brilliant professor at Carnegie Melon University […]
12-year-old girl escapes from LRA and walks 5 days to find safety
The following report comes from Saskia Rotshuizen, our Central Africa Programs Coordinator. On the night of January 12, 2013, LRA forces raided a small community in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). After stealing food and supplies, the group abducted one boy and four girls, including 12-year-old Patricia, forcing them to help carry the stolen […]
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 […]
Picking up the pieces
“I feel like I just got another baby. I am so excited and always want to know where he is, what he is doing, whether he has had something to eat. The feeling is just overwhelming.” These are the words of Mary, the mother of a young man abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army 12 […]
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 […]
UPDATE // 96 Members of Congress commit to #zeroLRA
When we launched our latest advocacy campaign a few weeks ago, we had an ambitious goal of getting our representatives in Washington, DC to pay attention and recommit to ending the atrocities of Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). We asked them to do this by signing a letter that would be delivered […]
Ed Royce and Jim McGovern urge Obama to focus on defeating Kony
Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Ed Royce and Rep. Jim McGovern released a statement urging President Obama to remain focused on defeating Joseph Kony and the LRA. You can read an excerpt of the press release below: Chairman Royce, Rep. McGovern Urge Obama to Focus on Defeating Kony, LRA 75 Members Join […]
ACTION ALERT: #zeroLRA
We believe in the equal and inherent value of all human life. We believe that a worldview bound by borders is outdated and that stopping injustice anywhere is the responsibility of humanity everywhere. We call this ethos the Fourth Estate. AND IT BEGINS NOW. Over the next two weeks, we need you more than ever […]
Why the UN Regional Strategy on the LRA matters
This week we’re launching an urgent advocacy campaign aimed at Members of the United States House of Representatives and U.S. President Barack Obama. After hearing word that the U.S. led counter-LRA operations were once again in jeopardy, we had no other choice but to act. We’ve come so far and to give up now, when we are […]