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The crimes that the LRA commit against the children they abduct to become sex slaves and soldiers are some of the worst on the planet. One of the most heinous practices of the group is the way they force captives to become perpetrators of violent acts – often against those they are closest to. The […]

Meet Ojok Jennifer. Jennifer is a student at Gulu High School and a member of the Legacy Scholarship Program. She has hopes to be a doctor one day, empowered to pursue her dreams through the support of her teachers at GHS and her mentor from Invisible Children.  We caught up with her to ask about the […]

On February 19th, 2014 a vehicle transporting Invisible Children defection equipment was ambushed by armed LRA forces about 28 kilometers from Obo, Central African Republic (CAR). Security forces shot one of the assailants, and the civilians all fled into the bush. The vehicle was found completely burned a few hours later –  valuable solar panels, […]

Entrepreneurial and industrious. Two words that Olabo Joseph uses to describe graduates of Invisible Children’s Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP). Joseph, a recent graduate of Kampala International University and LSP, embodies these terms himself. Having studied supplies and procurement management, he is using the managerial skills gained through his studies to make money while he begins […]

A vehicle transporting Invisible Children defection equipment was ambushed by armed LRA forces about 28 kilometers from Obo, Central African Republic (CAR). Security forces shot one of the assailants, and the civilians all fled into the bush. The vehicle was found completely burned a few hours later –  valuable solar panels, generators and batteries that […]

Earlier this month, Mend launched the Limited Edition Zip Pouch, just in time for Mother’s Day. Our hope was that it could be a gift for moms around the world made by and to empower mothers here in Uganda. This time Mend’s product did more than just support the empowerment of our own seamstresses. We partnered […]

This morning, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss the international community’s continued and shared responsibility to stop Joseph Kony and the violence committed by his Lord’s Resistance Army. The United States’ Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, presented a powerful public speech discussing the progress made with the counter-LRA mission while comparing the […]

We love photo Friday. We love it so much that after years of featuring photos from Uganda, we’re going even bigger. From now on we’ll be rotating our photo Friday amongst all of Invisible Children’s international offices to give you a snapshot (pun intended) of what’s going on at Invisible Children in Uganda and across central Africa. I know, we’re excited too. […]

We are all about impact at Invisible Children. We began by producing media that matters and learned quickly that our advocacy efforts could do so much more for the people of northern Uganda beyond just sharing their stories. We started asking students throughout the world to offer their support for the region’s students. You answered our call […]

Here’s one of the most important questions in the world: where on earth is Joseph Kony? On Tuesday, UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon released a statement publicly confirming what Invisible Children has known for a while: he’s hiding in Kafia Kingi. Kafia Kingi is a Sudanese controlled ‘enclave’ bordering South Sudan and the Central African Republic. […]