Invisible Children is an organization set up in by kids for kids. The organization was started by three boys,jason, Laren, and Bobby went to Africa in the spring of 2003. They thought they were going to see the terrible things that they heard about Afica but at first they really didn't see anything. Until they went to Sudan. In Sudan there was a war. Africa's longest running war to be exact. This war had be going on for about twenty years at the time and is still going on. It was started because,a man named Joseph Koney got the idea of abducting children to be in an army to take over the government. He believed that children were the "perfect soldiers". They were old and big enough to hold and use a gun but young enough to control and brainwash. He has these kids slaughter their families and then are told their community won't accept them anymore and are forced into his army where they are not treated well. In the different areas there are kids called "night commuters". The kids of the villages are too scared to stay in their villages in fear they will be abducted. Therefore they commute to the city where they beleive they will be more safe.
Inivisible Children is a non-profit orginization that helps support the people affected by the war and stop the war. They do work in both the United States and in Central Africa.
In the United States they try to spread awarness by showing movies and going on road trips with people that work with Invisible Children. These people are called "Roadies". Roadies go through the US showing the documentaries and videos Inivisble Children has shot from their trips to the areas affected by the war. They also sometimes have some of the people they know from these areas to come to the US and explain to people what it is like and what they go through because of the war. They also have made moves within the government. They recently had Obama send troop to Africa to help try and stop the war as well.
In Central Africa Invisible Children has been and did work on a project called "The Protection Plan". This plan involved them building roadio towers for the abducted soldiers to hear the kids that escaped the army and others to help them come out and let them know they will be okay and accepted. It is also so "no massacure will go unseen". Before there was no communication between the different areas because there was no way to communicate. They could go weeks without knowing the places around them had been attacked. Now they are able to quickly communicate and let it be known they LRA are coming. They also set up something called the "LRA crisis tracker". This is something that tracks all the movements of the LRA and posts it for everyone to see. For instance, one of the posts were, "•Dec 31st, 2011
Dungu-Faradje Road Suspected LRA abducted two civilians near Nagero, DRC. Two other civilians managed to flee before abduction". Here is the link to that website to check out more. http://www.lracrisistracker.com/ The organization also sends people to Central Africa to do something like Community Service. They help to rebuild communities, schools, and stability (both financially and with the tribes). They have also set up a scholarship fund for the kids in the affected areas to get the right education because education is one of the most important things. These kids are the future of Africa and need to be educated.
As for me, I do the best i can to spread awareness and raise money. I would love to be a roady but I have the issue of not being able to miss a semester of school. However, I do the most I can to help out. For instance, I recently designed this shit that I am still selling for $15 and all the prceeds are going to Inivisible Children and then after i sell some the design will go to them too.
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