Invisible Children is a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 that aims to end atrocities committed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Central Africa. It pursues this goal through programs that provide protection, rehabilitation services, and education opportunities to affected communities. These programs are supported by films, advocacy campaigns, and fundraising efforts led by youth volunteers across the United States. The organization's ultimate goal is to restore peace and security to regions destabilized by the LRA for over 50 years.

1. Invisible
Children
Amanda Witten
Professor Hughes
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2. Our Mission
 We believe in the equal and inherent
value of all human life.
 We believe that a worldview bound by
borders is outdated.
 We believe that stopping injustice
anywhere is the responsibility of humanity
everywhere.
 Invisible Children exists to bring a
permanent end to Lord’s Resistance Army
(LRA) atrocities.

3. Our Mission (Continued…)
 We first encountered the atrocities in
northern Uganda in 2003 when we met a
boy named Jacob who feared for his
life and a woman named Jolly who had a
vision for a better future. Together, we
promised Jacob that we would do
whatever we could to stop Joseph Kony
and the LRA. Invisible Children was
founded in 2004 to fulfill that promise.

4. What We Do
 Invisible Children focuses exclusively on the
LRA conflict through an integrated four-part
model that addresses the problem in its
entirety. This includes both the immediate
needs and long-term effects.
 We create films to document LRA
atrocities, introduce new audiences to the
conflict, and inspire global action.
 We mobilize massive groups of people to
support and advance international efforts to
end the LRA’s atrocious, traumatizing, and
horrific acts.

5. More of What We Do:
 We work with regional partners to build
and expand systems that warn remote
communities of LRA attacks and
encourage members of the LRA to
peacefully surrender.
 We work to rehabilitate children directly
affected by the LRA and invest in
education and economic recovery
programs in the post-conflict region to
promote lasting peace.

6. Our Programs
 Community Protection, Defection
Fliers, FM Radio: Coming Home
Messaging, Rehabilitation, Legacy
Scholarship Program, Schools 4
Schools, Mend, Wash, and the LRA Crisis
Tracker.

7. Our Programs (Continued…)
 Community Protection: We provide as much
support and protection to the Ugandans as
possible.
 Defection Fliers: To try to communicate clearly with
members of the LRA by sending “Come Home”
messages to convince them to leave the LRA and
return to their former lives.
 FM Radio: We broadcast unique messages from
former LRA members and leaders giving detailed
instructions on how to escape safely.
 Rehabilitation: To provide
psychological, physical, and/or emotional
rehabilitation to those who have been
traumatized by the acts of the LRA.

8. Our Programs (Continued…)
 Legacy Scholarship Program: The Legacy
Scholarship Program provides merit-based
scholarships and mentoring to motivated and
talented secondary and university students
from northern Uganda who were affected by
the LRA conflict.
 Schools 4 Schools: High schools around the
nation join forces and fundraise throughout
the year to provide funds to accomplish new
goals that will finally bring an end to the tragic
war raging through central Africa and
Uganda.

9. Our Programs (Continued…)
 Mend: The Ugandan women find comfort
and therapy and earn money to support their
families by making different African-style
laptop cases, bracelets, handbags, etc.
 WASH: Water, sanitation, and hygiene for rural
communities.
 LRA Crisis Tracker: This is a new feature in
which anyone who is on the Invisible Children
website can check and track the amount of
damage and most recent attacks by the LRA.

10. Community Need
 Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance
Army have been abducting, killing, and
displacing civilians in East and central
Africa since 1987.
 This is an obvious community need because
if the killings, rapes, abductions, etc.
continue, there will not be a community
left. We need to find our humanity and help
end their suffering.

11. Inputs
 Airfare  Base/Foundation
 Money  Volunteers
 Medical Personnel  Time/Energy
 Medical Supplies  Radio Equipment
 Video  Merchandise
Cameras/Tech  Video screening
gear equipment
 Film  Vehicles
 Computers

12. Process
 Our team goes on road trips across the nation
to present screenings at different
schools, universities, etc. to explain the cogent
facts of the horrifying acts going on
throughout Uganda and Central Africa.
 We then create programs across the nation in
which the youth who felt compelled to help
can get involved.
 These youth raise money we turn around and
distribute to improving the living conditions of
those suffering in Uganda and/or ending this
war and restoring peace to Central Africa.

13. Outputs
 89% of escapees credit the “Come
Home” messages
 3,745 annual scholarships awarded
 831 annual university scholarships
awarded
 20 boreholes drilled
 5,000 benefiting from the WASH program
 20 communities benefiting from WASH

14. Outcomes
 We work so hard to bring an end to the
atrocious acts of hatred and war put forth by
Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army
because it brings security back to the lives of
the Ugandans
 By our efforts to stop the LRA, we have been
able to restore many broken families and have
given the Ugandans a taste of the freedom,
security, and life rights they have not been
privileged to experience for the past 50 years.
 We strive to meet the emotional needs of each
of the individuals throughout Central and South
Africa.

15. Shuttleworth Foundation
 Weboth strive to inspire the world to
apply critical thinking and critical action
 Here at IC we believe in having the ability
to process what you read and create a
logical and reasonable solution.
 We try to stir up a passion and zeal in the
hearts of all who hear the plea of the
Ugandans so we can finally put and end to
this war.

16. Critical Thinking
 “…to be thinking about how to apply our
knowledge of the atrocities into action(s)…”
 We must always be predicting Kony’s next move in
order to coercively capture him and bring him to
justice.
 We must always be thinking of ways to aid the
Ugandan’s and help them conquer their
emotional, physical, and mental traumas.
 “…to use our knowledge to create a passion
and zeal for the Ugandans...”
 We must recognize the substantive evidence
against Kony and think of new ways to bring
peace back to Africa.

17. Critical Reading
 “…to evaluate, analyze, and understand
each concept…”
 By being able to apply these skills, we
understand more of who Kony is and what his
values are. This brings forth a lot of insight to the
LRA and how to stop them.
 “…to find the idea/question that is central to
the cause…”
 How can we restore peace to the
Ugandans/other countries in Central Africa?

18. Critical Action
 “…to apply the knowledge accumulated from
what we’ve read in the text…”
 We actively read global news with emphasis on
Uganda and Central Africa and by keeping
posted, we are able to successfully create new
plans to stop Kony and the LRA.
 “…to actively raise money to fund the various
beneficial/crucial programs…”
 Between our staff and volunteers throughout the
nation, we are constantly raising money to
aggrandize the awareness rate and to end the 50-
year-long war and trauma.

19. How You Can Get
Involved:
 YOU can volunteer through your high school or
college.
 YOU can volunteer through the Invisible Children
headquarters or website.
 YOU can request a screening at your
school, church, company.
 YOU can donate money directly through the
website or through buying the merchandise
online.
 Be inquisitive. Ask questions to see how you can
get involved.
 YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

20. Personal Connection
 I volunteered in the Schools 4 Schools
program at my high school for four years and
helped fundraise money to send to our sister
school in Uganda. We raised the most money
in the nation, so we had the opportunity to
send the President of our club and our advisor
to Uganda for 16 days to see the work put
into action.
 I was also very involved with the club and the
fundraising during the year our club selected
my sister to take the trip to Uganda, as well.