Why Water?
Have you heard about our Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program? This project hasn’t gotten a lot of publicity lately, but it is no less important than the rest of the work Invisible Children has done in northern Uganda. It’s also unique, in that the program is almost entirely community led. Not long after Invisible Children supports a community by digging […]
Groundnuts generate income
Many members of Invisible Children Uganda’s Village Savings and Loan Associations take on Income Generating Activities (IGA) to earn extra income. The groups meet every week to save money together. They pool their earnings and out of that are able to take out loans to start up IGAs like rearing poultry, keeping goats and cows, […]
A WASH story
Akello Agnes walks down a narrow dirt path leading away from the clearing where she lives. In less than a minute she comes across a borehole, and her 4-year-old son Tony jumps up and down, smiling, as he demonstrates how to pump water from the borehole built by Invisible Children Uganda and partners charity:water and […]
What peace means to me
Years of peace in northern Uganda have brought hope and opportunities for improved livelihood to the communities there. Wednesday, World Vision in partnership with Gulu District and the Acholi Peace Initiative held an event for International Peace Day. Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) was invited to have a booth at the event to display our Mend […]
Livelihood: fresh water
Invisible Children Uganda’s (ICU) Livelihood team headed to the field last week to survey communities and determine where future boreholes should be drilled. Partnering with TechnoServe, ICU is planning to drill 8-10 more boreholes in rural communities in northern Uganda, in addition to the 20 they already drilled. The purpose of the survey is to […]
Happy World Water Day!
If you’re used to purified, fortified, drinkable water flowing from taps in every kitchen and bathroom in the house, it can be difficult not to take the life-giving substance for granted. Even so, somewhere in the back of our minds we are aware that it’s not that easy for everyone. In fact, according to a […]