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Behind the scenes with Adam Finck

Last month, our staff traveled through Garamba to link in their ranger stations to Invisible Children's early warning radio network. Much of the park is a forested Savannah, with dense forest opening up to vast grass clearings, like this one. The LRA inhabiting the park live off of poached game meat and supplies that they loot from nearby communities.

Meet Adam Finck. Yes, he’s good looking. But he’s also a smarty-pants and is our Director of Programs in central Africa. He recently traveled to DR Congo and brought along his handy iPhone. Which obviously translates to behind-the-scenes-instagram-filtered photos.


12 days of Christmas matching campaign

Matching Campaign

What’s better than the holidays? Not much. Except a matching campaign during the holidays. An Invisible Children supporter recently donated $25,000 to our Come Home for the Holidays campaign. I know, we’re floored too. So for the next 12 days we are matching all donations up to $25,000 in the hopes of increasing the impact [...] Read More


LRA attacks on the rise in Central Africa

A Congolese woman, displaced by LRA attacks, carries a bag of non-food items distributed by UNHCR in Dungu, DR of Congo. Photo: UNHCR/M.Hofer

According to multiple articles, including Invisible Children & Resolve’s own LRA Crisis Tracker, the LRA has been ramping up attacks and abductions within the past few months. The UN News Centre, the Voice of America, and humanitarian news site AlertNet have all reported a rise of LRA activity since January both in the Democratic Republic of [...] Read More


Photos from the ground

You’ve heard a great deal about the Protection Plan and Invisible Children’s work in Central Africa’s most vulnerable communities. We thought you’d like to see some of this work for yourself, so we put together this reel of photos taken in DR Congo and Central African Republic over the last few months. Leaders from LRA-affected [...] Read More


Update from Adam Finck, Director of Programs in Central Africa

There have been several encouraging events in Central Africa over the last few months, and, thanks to your support, Invisible Children is continuing to pave new ground in the region. One of the highlights from this last trip was listening to the daily security call over the Early Warning Radio Network as two mass surrenders [...] Read More


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