Intern impact
When we say that Invisible Children internships “Don’t do boring,” we mean it. We’ve given you glimpses at intern life through our intern spotlights, but this time we’re focusing on something different: the work. Invisible Children internships are unlike any other because interns here have the opportunity to accomplish huge, meaningful, world-changing work. See for […]
Intern spotlight // Graphic Design
Meet Matt. Affectionately known among the interns as Mustache Matt, this Lancaster, Pennsylvania native has had a career that is as interesting as he is: from burger-flipping to printmaking, glass-blowing to lumber yard-ing, Matt was a bit of renaissance man until he resolved to move to across the country to California, job or no job. […]
Community Members Record “Come Home” Messages
Radios remain the only connection that many LRA combatants have to Uganda. Because of this Willy Charles Okello, ICU’s Radio Production and Liaison Officer, continues to work with communities on producing Come Home messages. The messages are shared through FM and shortwave radio stations that reach areas in DR Congo, CAR and South Sudan. The […]
Stories of the missing // Olum Thomas #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. Ojara Alex lost his 19-year-old son to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in 2001. Olum Thomas was at their farm on that fateful day. “My son was a calm, […]
One million opportunities to escape the Lord’s Resistance Army
On Thursday, September 26th, Invisible Children dropped 90,000 “come home” fliers over a region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With this flier drop we surpassed one million fliers designed, printed, and dropped since the program began. That’s one million opportunities for members of the LRA to escape, and it’s working. In 2012 alone, […]
Celebrate every escape // the Mboki Five
Celebrate everything. Every escape. Every name. Every life. Last November, five people successfully escaped from the Lord’s Resistance Army. Two were young men from Uganda who had likely been just children when first abducted. The other three were girls who had been abducted about three years ago. Two girls were kidnapped in Central African Republic, […]
Stories of the missing // Ocitti Geoffrey #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. Okera Richard’s older brother, Ocitti Geoffrey, was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in 1991. Geoffrey was 17 years old then. “He had left home with one of our […]
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 […]
Creating Peace
This International Day of Peace, two members of the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (ARLPI) shared their insights on peace in northern Uganda. Acknowledging the tragedy of the Lord’s Resistance Army conflict, they are hopeful that reconciliation and an eventual end to the violence will bring healing to the communities that have suffered and are […]
Calling all European supporters – exclusive LRA forum in Brussels hosted by the European Parliament
In the past we’ve been blown away by how Invisible Children supporters in Europe have rallied for peace in central Africa — from the thousands who joined the Rescue event in 2009 to the millions who pledged to help end LRA violence during KONY 2012. Now, we have an invitation to take action that is exclusively […]