Amnesty Conference in Kampala
Conversations around the LRA conflict are often focused on atrocity, abduction, combat, and defection; but there is a critical yet relatively sidelined issue that has been the backbone of all efforts towards sustainable peace in central Africa and reconciliation in Uganda: Amnesty. Uganda’s amnesty policy is what guarantees that when Ugandan LRA surrender, they can […]
Two people escape from Joseph Kony’s LRA
The following information was obtained through Invisible Children and on-the-ground partners. We are working to gather more information on these events and are sending members of our team to get the full story: + November 11th at Duru, DRC: A 15-year-old boy, who was abducted by the LRA five months ago from Aba, DRC, escaped. He […]
ϟ FLASH ALERT: South Sudan Flier Mission
After two years of no reported LRA attacks in South Sudan, the rebel army raided two South Sudanese communities between November 5-7, killing two people and abducting at least 12 more. These are troubling developments in an area long thought to be rid of LRA violence. We are taking immediate action and need to raise up to $30,000 within 3 days in […]
Joseph Kony’s LRA rebels reportedly attack South Sudan for first time in over two years
This morning, reports started coming in of attacks by Joseph Kony’s LRA rebels in South Sudan. The reports are preliminary and have yet to be officially confirmed. We are following up for more information. The following was obtained through Invisible Children and on-the-ground partners: Nov 5 – LRA forces attacked people in Nabaria, South Sudan […]
Reintegration // Supporting Youth Recovery
Seeing a cow, a sports car and a soccer player interacting harmoniously is not a typical site. Unless one is looking at the walls of the World Vision Uganda Children of War Rehabilitation center in Gulu, Uganda. Art therapy has proven to be an incredibly effective method of counseling for youth who have and are […]
How Joseph Kony brainwashes child soldiers
Click to help fund the safe escape and rehabilitation of abducted child soldiers For the past 27 years, Joseph Kony has kidnapped children from their homes and forced them to fight in his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). But in an army comprised mostly of soldiers who did not voluntarily choose to fight, how do Kony […]
Stories of the missing // Opii Christopher #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. It was on the 10th of October, 1999, that Okidi Charles had dinner with his son Opii Christopher for the last time. At the age of 14, Christopher was […]
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 […]
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 […]