Supporting students in community affected by LRA
Invisible Children supported a new school in Dungu this month with tools and equipment, giving students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a variety of trades. Dungu has been hit hard by the affects of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and has a large population of displaced people, placing an intense strain on already […]
Five Songs That Matter To: Malika Quemerais
[Invisible Children Music: We firmly believe that music has a necessary role in giving social movements tremendous amounts of momentum. It is a universal language, and at Invisible Children, it’s important for us to be a part of that language.] Malika Quemarais is a champion of social justice, kindness, and good music. We asked her to […]
White Arrows Fall Tour + 2012 Screen Print Series
The psychedelic pop band White Arrows will be embarking on a national tour starting tomorrow, and we’re incredibly excited that they want to lend their voice and platform to the movement to end Africa’s longest running war. For the past few months, we have been creating limited screen print posters for one-off concerts and tours. […]
Monday Mini Mixtape #32
[Invisible Children Music: We firmly believe that music has a necessary role in giving social movements tremendous amounts of momentum. It is a universal language, and at Invisible Children, it’s important for us to be a part of that language.] This past week has been a strange one. San Diego had multiple days with 100+ […]
33,000 evacuate after Guatemalan volcano erupts
Near the Guatemalan city of Escuinatla, the volcano “Volcan del Fuego” exploded with a series of powerful explosions on Thursday. Sending thick clouds of ash three miles into the air, the volcano unleashed rivers of lava down its flank. The explosions did not come as a surprise. The region’s most active volcano started to emit ash and lava earlier this month, but […]
Making every beat matter
The band OneRepublic has teamed up with Ad Council and Save The Children to record a song based off the heartbeats of children in Malawi and Guatemala for a campaign called Every Beat Matters. They used heartbeats, people. Actual heartbeats. Using a specialized stethoscope connected to an iPhone (technology today!), the data was then sent to OneRepublic. Most […]
Legacy Scholarship: parental guidance
Returning from school holidays, secondary students from Invisible Children’s Legacy Scholarship Program, together with their parents, were called to a gathering called “Family Involvement as an Opportunity for Holistic Development of a Child.” Parents were given a platform to share words of encouragement with their children as they head back to school. The parents not […]
Behind the scenes: volunteering at Invisible Children
Trying to better the world is a driving force behind Invisible Children. But the passion and devotion people put into the movement is what keeps it going. In the busy world of IC, campaigns and projects are always extremely multifaceted and it often takes more than the internal staff to make it all happen. Enter: Invisible Children volunteers. […]
U.S. Ambassador among dead in Libya protest attack
Protests in Libya brought on by an obscure U.S. film that ridiculed Islam’s prophet Muhammad, escalated into a fiery attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. One protest resulted in the killing of four Americans, among them U.S. Ambassador to Libya John Christopher “Chris” Stevens. In a statement released today, President Barack Obama vowed to […]
New negotiations between North and South Korea
After years of tension between North and South Korea, the governments will resume dialogue to discuss South Korea’s plan to provide humanitarian aid to the North. Brought on after flooding and typhoons severly damaged regions of North Korea, the South Korean Red Cross Society first offered aid last week. For the first time in two years, North Korea has decided to accept aid from the […]