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The air is full of promise. Children walking through Gulu town, heading home from school at the end of the day.

A woman prepares posho, a local dish made with dried, crushed corn.

We love supporting a good cause, and getting some exercise in the process. Last Sunday staff and beneficiaries of Invisible Children Uganda took to the streets of Gulu for the Northern Uganda Marathon fundraiser for maternal health. Eight staff and 19 of the Mend seamstresses came to run the 10k, our own Laker Pamela taking […]

Awilo Kristie plants beans for her family. Later this month, she and other members of an Invisible Children Uganda Village Savings and Loan Association will work together to plant a field and share the profits.

Students at Invisible Children Uganda partner school Sir Samuel Baker wash up after class. Invisible Children partners with 11 schools in northern Uganda to build structures such as laboratories, classrooms and dormitories, and to conduct trainings for teachers and students on a variety of topics from academic to how to improve hygiene on campus.

Members of a Village Savings and Loan Associations group know how to make visitors feel welcome as they come singing and dancing to meet us. With currently 2, 850 members, they meet once a week in groups of 30 to save money together, taking out loans to start up small businesses. Learn more about the […]

For Valentine’s Day, the Mend seamstresses were given messages of appreciation from customers who bought their bags. When you purchase a bag from Mend, you can register it on the website and send a personal message to the woman who made your bag. Mend is a social enterprise geared toward improving the quality of life […]

The finishing touches are being put on the Schools for Schools (S4S) project at Sacred Heart School in Gulu. The completed project is a three-story building with 18 classrooms. The top two floors were built by Invisible Children Uganda with the help of schools across the US who donated in the S4S campaign. The Schools […]

At around 10AM, the sewing machines come to a stop and the ladies of Mend gather outside to take tea, share stories, and even do some hair styling. Mend improves the quality of life for women in Gulu, Uganda, who were directly affected by the LRA conflict. This social enterprise produces high-quality handbags while providing […]

Students at Sacred Heart School in Uganda enjoy an afternoon studying at their school library. Invisible Children Uganda is involved at Sacred Heart through the Schools for Schools and Legacy Scholarship programs, providing scholarships and mentoring to students, as well as building construction and refurbishment.