Partnerships
Common Good Exchange // Krochet Kids intl
May 3, 2013 by Krista Morgan
It started simply enough. Three high school buddies were avid snow boarding enthusiasts and started crocheting their own beanies (they realize this sounds sort of strange: “Though it was not a normal hobby for high school guys, we reveled in the novelty of it.”) Fast forward 5+ years, and those three buddies run the very successful [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // The Giving Keys
April 30, 2013 by Krista Morgan
Our upcoming Fourth Estate Leadership Summit is doing more than bringing together 1,400 young activists and educators for a four-day extravaganza of speakers, breakout sessions, and epic dance parties. It’s also getting top brands from around the world to be at the special Common Good Exchange where you can get to know the people behind organizations [...] Read More
Where has Kony been hiding?
April 26, 2013 by Krista Morgan
Where has Kony been hiding? The ultimate question. We recently partnered with The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative and the Enough Project to produce a detailed and lengthy report to try to answer it. Hidden in Plain Sight: Sudan’s Harboring of the LRA in the Kafia Kingi Enclave, 2009-2013 can be viewed in full [HERE] and is summarized [...] Read More
Joint Statement from Invisible Children, Enough, and The Resolve
April 2, 2013 by Azy Groth
(Washington, DC, April 2) – Invisible Children, the Enough Project, and The Resolve urge the governments of Uganda and the United States to remain committed in their efforts to end the threat to civilians posed by Joseph Kony’s rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in central and east Africa. Credible reports suggest that officials in both [...] Read More
From The Resolve blog: Impacting progress against the LRA
March 26, 2013 by Krista Morgan
The below blog was written by our friends at The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative and discusses how the international community needs to make sure that recent changes to government in Central African Republic (CAR) does not impact progress made against the LRA. Could upheaval in CAR spell the end for operations against the LRA? A violent [...] Read More
LRA Crisis Tracker // 2012 Annual Security Brief
February 4, 2013 by Invisible Children
The LRA Crisis Tracker, a joint project of Invisible Children and Resolve, just released its 2012 Annual Security Brief (PDF). The Brief provides the most comprehensive analysis of recent LRA activity publicly available, giving field workers, policymakers, and activists a tool to better understand the LRA conflict. Using data collected by Invisible Children’s Early Warning Network, local [...] Read More
First rehabilitation center in DR Congo for LRA-affected youth officially opens
January 29, 2013 by Invisible Children
Seeing firsthand the limited rehabilitation services available to children who have experienced extreme trauma as a result of LRA violence and abduction, Invisible Children and our partners from the Commision Diocesaine Justice et Paix (CDJP) and Sponsoring Children Uganda have opened the very first rehabilitation center in DR Congo focused on LRA-affected youth. We’ve been working diligently since January of 2011 on its [...] Read More
Uganda: Photo Friday
January 18, 2013 by Bethany Williams
In Nwoya district in northern Uganda, the Invisible Children Uganda team is working with TechnoServe to drill 8 new boreholes. In Gulu district they are drilling 4 new boreholes. That’s 12 clean water sources that will make communities healthier and safer.
Ready, set, teach
January 14, 2013 by Invisible Children
On December 28th, 2012, American and Ugandan teachers flew in from all over the globe for an orientation to Invisible Children’s Teacher Exchange Program (TEX). TEX, which began in the summer of 2007, is a program that allows Ugandan and international educators to form teaching partnerships while exposing their students to a world outside their [...] Read More
Early Warning Radio Network training
December 17, 2012 by Invisible Children
This past weekend, the Commission Diocésaine Justice et Paix (CDJP) and Invisible Children conducted a three-day training for 44 radio operators of the Early Warning Radio Network (EWRN). The radio operators arrived from northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic (CAR). The workshop focused on preventative measures the radio operators could [...] Read More
