Blog Archives
Florence // to know her is to love her
April 10, 2013 by Krista Morgan
A couple of months ago I wrote a series of blogs about Invisible Children’s Teacher Exchange program. Ugandan educators were spending six weeks in the U.S. team-teaching in American classrooms and we were publishing their insights on experiences inside and outside the classroom. In sifting through their journal entries and photos, I felt a kindred connection [...] Read More
ON LOCATION // The ultimate field trip
March 26, 2013 by Krista Morgan
I recently had the amazing opportunity to travel to Gulu, Uganda with my work wife/partner in crime/cohort/other staff writer, Azy. For 10 days we toured Invisible Children’s Recovery programs, met with our communications team at our IC Uganda office, and loved it all despite hazardous roads and mosquitoes being obsessed with us (we think it’s because [...] Read More
If you build it, they will come // Gulu classroom completed
March 14, 2013 by Krista Morgan
Lacor Secondary School, one of the 11 partner schools in Invisible Children’s Schools for Schools program, recently got a new addition. Construction has been completed on a two-classroom block that can accommodate 120 students. The ribbons were cut and the keys handed over during a festive celebration on a sunny day in Gulu (but more on [...] Read More
Uganda: Photo Friday
February 22, 2013 by Bethany Williams
Students from an Invisible Children Uganda partner school, Gulu High, play traditional instruments. These students are part of a unique program at the school designed for the visually impaired.
Supporter Spotlight // A Birthday Story
February 18, 2013 by Monica Retka
Sweet sixteen parties: we’re all about them and we’re not ashamed to admit it. Turning the big 1-6 only happens once and Invisible Children supporter Elizabeth found a way to make it count. How, you ask? Elizabeth used her milestone 16th birthday as a way to show her abundance of passion for IC. The party [...] Read More
Uganda: Photo Friday
February 8, 2013 by Bethany Williams
The finishing touches are being put on the Schools for Schools (S4S) project at Sacred Heart School in Gulu. The completed project is a three-story building with 18 classrooms. The top two floors were built by Invisible Children Uganda with the help of schools across the US who donated in the S4S campaign. The Schools [...] Read More
Schools for Schools: there’s always more to learn
January 25, 2013 by Germina Nanfuka
Teachers from Invisible Children Uganda partner schools were given an opportunity to acquire new computer knowledge, skills and working methods through a one week computer training at Sacred Heart School. The training, conducted this week by Schools for Schools (S4S), is designed to support teachers and build their capacity to help students. Computer applications like [...] Read More
Welcome to Invisible Children Uganda
January 21, 2013 by Bethany Williams
Just this morning, we welcomed a group of students and staff from Franklin College in Indiana who were traveling through Uganda and decided to swing by the Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) office while in Gulu. Obviously everyone can’t just hop on a plane to Uganda, but we thought you might like a peek inside the [...] Read More
Schools for Schools: year in review
December 7, 2012 by Bethany Williams
The year has been a full one for the Schools for Schools (S4S) team, between hardware projects (the construction of buildings) and software projects (trainings and capacity building). These are some of the highlights from the year: Computer literacy can be low in northern Uganda, even among teachers who are responsible for preparing students to [...] Read More
Teacher Exchange: meet Patrick
October 31, 2012 by Bethany Williams
“It’s great to see students who start with lots of problems improving,” Drago Patrick, a mathematics and geography teacher at Gulu High School, says. By partner teaching with Teacher Exchange educators who have come to Uganda in the past, Patrick says that he has learned to be more patient with his students. “It has [...] Read More
