Mobile Cinema & Peacebuilding in CAR // USAID’s People-to-People Activity
In 2021, Invisible Children partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement USAID’s People to People (P2P) Activity in the Central African Republic (CAR), a multi-year initiative that equips Central African youth peacebuilders with the skills needed to reduce intercommunal tension and armed group violence in eastern CAR. A key component […]
World Ranger Day | Uniting Rangers and Communities Through Film
July 31 is World Ranger Day. On this day, we honor the courage and sacrifice of park rangers, who bravely protect our planet’s precious wildlife. Today we recognize the crucial and incredible environmental conservation work that Rangers do. Rangers Protect Wildife and Human Communities What is a ranger? If you picture a ranger, it is […]
Locally Produced Films as an Innovative Tool for Peacebuilding
At Invisible Children, we believe in storytelling through film as a powerful way to challenge a society’s perspectives and catalyze collective action for positive change. That is why we are so excited about our newest mobile cinema film.
Escaping LRA Captivity
On April 20, two boys and two girls who were being held captive by a group of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fighters escaped in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As they fled, their captors shot at them, wounding one of the girls. The others managed to get away ending up […]
Flash Action Update // One Year Later
One year ago this month, a group of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fighters released 12 women and children, handing them over to one of our local partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The LRA group also passed along a message that they would release more captives if the 12 women and children were […]
In Case You Missed It || Harvard Case Study Highlights Resilience of LRA-Affected Communities
Last November, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), a humanitarian research center at Harvard University, published a fascinating report highlighting community resilience in areas affected by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). “We Mobilized Ourselves” highlights the incredibly innovative solutions LRA-affected communities across central and East Africa have developed to protect their families from the LRA, […]
Partner Spotlight || Father Ernest and SAIPED
Meet Father Ernest: the national coordinator of SAIPED, one of Invisible Children’s closest partners in DR Congo. Father Ernest and his team at SAIPED were vital to the creation of our community resilience programming including the Community Defection Committee and Mobile Cinema programs, and continue to work alongside Invisible Children to improve community led responses […]
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Community Defection Committees
At Invisible Children, we’re committed to ensuring community leadership is at the heart of all of our programs working to protect civilians from violence. A perfect illustration of this can be found in our Community Defection Committees (CDCs), which function alongside our Early Warning Network. Through locally-led workshops and an innovative Mobile Cinema program, LRA-affected […]
Program profile // Community Defection Committees + Mobile Cinema
At Invisible Children, we approach the LRA conflict from a lot of different angles. We drop defection fliers from the sky. We broadcast “Come Home” messages. We generate mass international awareness and lobby our political leaders to invest in peaceful solutions. When even one LRA member defects, it creates a ripple effect – their surrender encourages […]
ϟ FLASH ALERT Update + Thank you!
Thank you doesn’t quite cover it. This week we’ve raised over $15,000– all of which will directly contribute to life saving initiatives on the ground. In case you missed it, here’s our ϟ Flash Alert recap. What happened? On February 19th, 2014 a vehicle transporting Invisible Children defection equipment was ambushed by armed LRA forces […]